Incident date: 2020-08-15
NAICS industry code: 339112

On August 15, 2020, an employee was unjamming the rotating diverter wheel on a production machine. The tension released, pushing the employee's hand into a compressed air jet. The air punctured her hand and she was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate