Incident date: 2022-08-18
NAICS industry code: 326160

On 8/18/2022, at around 8:15 AM, an employee was clearing plastic from the trimmer of a 4-head blow molding machine when the machine started and the employee's left arm was pinched by the trimmer. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate