Incident date: 2025-05-09
NAICS industry code: 336612

An employee was operating a surfacing machine that used a rotating wire brush in a cabinet. A sheet of EVA foam material became stuck in the machine; as the employee was removing it, the wire brush contacted his left hand. He suffered a fracture and abrasions to the left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate