Incident date: 2017-11-05
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was threading paper on to a paper roll due to a paper break. While performing the threading procedure, the employee's left arm became stuck between the paper roll and the front winder drum. The employee suffered a fractured left humerus with damage to the upper muscular tissue and elbow arteries, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Elbow(s) and arms(s)
severity: moderate