Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was starting up a calender machine. The startup procedure required the employee to thread a string on a plastic pole to feed through the machine. While the employee was threading the pole, the machine caught their left thumb. While the employee was trying to extricate their thumb, the machine pulled in their right arm. They suffered a fracture to the left thumb, as well as a crushing injury and skin removal to the right arm. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate