Incident date: 2024-11-11
NAICS industry code: 326212

On November 11, 2024, at approximately 10:45 a.m., an employee was using compressed air to blow out the area under the buffer machine. Their right arm was caught in the rotating spindle, resulting in a laceration to the upper arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate