Incident date: 2020-12-09
NAICS industry code: 326112

On December 9, 2020, an employee was operating a printing press and was trying to tighten a cap bolt that holds the cylinders in place on the back side of the press near a sprocket wheel and chain. His shirt sleeve became caught in the nip point of the sprocket wheel and chain and his right forearm was pulled into the machine resulting in a laceration to the lower right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate