Incident date: 2018-11-16
NAICS industry code: 333120

A maintenance employee was removing a hydraulic cylinder from a paint conveyor lift. When the cylinder was removed, the counterbalance was freed. The employee's left hand was then caught between the counterbalance and the stop plate, fracturing the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate