Incident date: 2015-04-18
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was servicing a Gamco concrete paving machine due to a small hydraulic leak.  While servicing the head pulley belt, the employee sustained a puncture wound that released hydraulic fluid into his hand. The puncture wound was cleaned at hospital; however, the employee was hospitalized overnight to ensure there was no remaining hydraulic fluid in his hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate