Incident date: 2018-11-26
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was cleaning a flashbutt welding machine when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The two ends of the welder came together and pinched the employee's left forearm, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate