Incident date: 2025-04-18
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was using a rag to wipe grease off a chain on a thermal forming machine. The rag caught on a sprocket and pulled the employee's left hand into a pinch point, resulting in a soft tissue avulsion of the little fingertip and fractures in the index and ringer fingers. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high