Incident date: 2024-05-17
NAICS industry code: 321214

On May 17, 2024, at approximately 8:55 a.m., an employee was working with a co-worker to reverse and forward-feed a metal-connected wood truss through a truss press when his right arm was caught between an outside roller table outfeed roller and the truss, resulting in a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate