Incident date: 2024-10-27
NAICS industry code: 326122

A maintenance employee was checking for holes in the chamber gasket of a belling machine when his left arm went through the gasket holder. The mandrel and gasket loader closed and caught the employee's arm, resulting in forearm fractures, crush injuries, and torn skin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate