Incident date: 2025-03-11
NAICS industry code: 326211

On March 11, 2025, an employee was preparing to change the stock roll in the first ply let-off of a tire-building machine. When the employee lifted the stock, the rubber proved to be stuck to the liner; the employee's left arm was pulled around the liner guide roller, and the employee suffered a compound fracture to the forearm. They were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate