Incident date: 2022-11-07
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was operating a slitter machine with a wrap roll of steel mesh. The employee's gloved left hand became caught in the wrap roll, which pulled his hand into the roll and lifted his body off the floor, resulting in hospitalization for two broken bones in the left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate