Incident date: 2017-12-09
NAICS industry code: 311811

An employee was using a towel to clean a roller underneath a machine when the towel was caught in the roller, pulling his arm into the machine. His forearm suffered multiple fractures. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate