Incident date: 2021-02-20
NAICS industry code: 326199

A maintenance worker was clearing a jam in a pelletizer. The employee was using a putty knife near the rotating blade when the putty knife was caught and spun, cutting the employee's hand and breaking his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate