Incident date: 2019-08-30
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was trying to relieve the tension on a bailer wire channel.  His hand was on the wire/channel when he turned the machine on. The wire then penetrated his left palm and came out the side of his wrist/forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate