Incident date: 2016-11-17
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was attempting to change the buffing blades on an automatic tire buffing machine. While he was using a wrench to remove the blade head, the machine turned on. The wrench became entangled in his clothing and pulled him into the machine, breaking his right wrist and lacerating his right forearm, bicep, and leg. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate