Incident date: 2018-12-05
NAICS industry code: 326111

An employee was preparing to remove a jammed spout from a spout block. The employee attempted to manually lift the spout block by pushing up on the cylinder underneath to get to the spout. The spout block came back down and caught his hand, causing a laceration and fracture. He was hospitalized. The machine was locked out and de-energized at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate