Incident date: 2023-02-13
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was operating a de-nester machine that orientates pallets as they move on to the assembly line. The employee was manually loading a pallet onto the elevator that brings the pallet to the next level. The elevator engaged and his hand was crushed between the pallet and the elevator as it lifted. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the right hand including broken bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate