Incident date: 2018-02-17
NAICS industry code: 322121

Employees were replacing a damaged fabric felt on the paper machine. As the felt was being pulled into position using a new piece of threading rope, the rope broke, wrapped around both of the employee's knees, and the end of the rope struck the back of his right leg causing a deep laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate