Incident date: 2019-11-21
NAICS industry code: 321113

Maintenance employees had finished a repair on a board edger machine. When the machine was re-started an employee's arm and wrist were caught between a heavy metal guard that measures board thickness and a conveyor belt. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm and required surgery to reduce swelling.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate