Incident date: 2024-01-05
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was adjusting a tuft of carpet as it entered a rolling machine. The employee's safety vest was pinched by a protruding gear shaft, and she was pulled into the machine. The employee sustained a fractured humerus and was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate