Incident date: 2020-02-19
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was using his right hand to remove jammed paper from a paper machine when his right arm and hand were caught between two rope sheaves, causing severe lacerations, a severed main artery in the forearm, and a fractured hand bone. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate