Incident date: 2019-07-18
NAICS industry code: 326160

An employee was conducting a changeover on a blow molding machine and was caught in the machine while making an adjustment. The employee's left arm was amputated at the elbow and the right hand was also amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: high