Incident date: 2024-04-19
NAICS industry code: 493110

Two employees were assessing the source of a thumping noise on an unloader machine. The injured employee was lying down on the floor, parallel to the unloader machine, using his flashlight to look into the bottom of the machine. He reached up with his right hand to identify a vibration or temperature when his hand got caught in a pinch point between a roller and the drum/drive, resulting in a laceration to the palm. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Material handling and warehousing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate