Incident date: 2018-09-11
NAICS industry code: 812332

An employee opened the front door to a commercial dryer to add some garments. The dryer did not turn off when the door was opened. Garments in the dryer caught her arm, twisting it and tearing tendons in her hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Clothes dryers
code_nature: title: Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate