Incident date: 2018-11-20
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was clearing jammed plastic trim from a plastic recycling machine. His hand got stuck at the channel for plastic; he suffered a broken wrist and burns to his hand. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate