Incident date: 2024-04-13
NAICS industry code: 337127

An employee was using a hose to rinse the rollers of a glue machine that had laminated wood boards. The hose got caught in the rollers before pulling the employee's right arm into the rollers, resulting in hospitalization due to a contusion to the forearm and elbow, an elbow sprain, muscle strain, fascia and tendon damage in the forearm, pain in the forearm and elbow, and a contusion and pain in the right upper arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Multiple upper extremities locations  n.e.c.
severity: moderate