Incident date: 2018-07-10
NAICS industry code: 311823

An employee was operating a pasta manufacturing extrusion press when his arm entered one of the bins where pasta flour was being mixed to push the pasta remnants into an extrusion bore. The press paddle lacerated his right bicep area. The press' safety gate was in place at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate