Incident date: 2020-11-09
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee was cleaning a proximity switch when the cylinder for the cotton press engaged and the block on the latch pivoted and came down on the employee's left hand crushing it between the frame of the press and the block. The employee suffered three broken fingers and tendon damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate