Incident date: 2020-02-20
NAICS industry code: 321113

A maintenance employee was conducting maintenance on the left side of a gang saw while other employees were changing a saw blade on the right side of the equipment. Once the saw blade was attached, the equipment began operating and the maintenance employee was caught in a pinch point, suffering injuries to the left hip and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple pelvic region locations
severity: moderate