Incident date: 2022-03-18
NAICS industry code: 331316

On March 18, 2022, an employee was removing a broken-off piece of aluminum from inside a machine. A limit switch closed, the machine's carriage moved forward, and the employee's arm was caught between the carriage and the die face. The employee suffered a crushed hand and a broken arm and was hospitalized.

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