Incident date: 2016-03-30
NAICS industry code: 311824

An employee was repairing equipment. The equipment was not locked out. The reciprocator arm contacted the employee's right arm resulting in a laceration that severed an artery requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate