Incident date: 2020-05-14
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was training on how to clean off the wire of an auto-tie baler. His right hand was between two pieces of the frame on the machine when the baler cycled and caught his gloved right hand, causing a laceration and open hand fracture. He was hospitalized and had hand surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate