Incident date: 2016-10-22
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee suffered multiple fractures and tissue damage to his arm when he opened the guard of a scrap baler. The baler was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate