Incident date: 2018-09-04
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was attempting to clean out excess dough from a pretzel folding machine when her hair became caught in a rotating shaft. As a result, she lost hair and a portion of her scalp, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate