Incident date: 2017-07-12
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee and coworkers were finalizing repairs on a shot blast machine and had re-energized it. The injured employee was still troubleshooting the machine when someone pushed the start button, causing the machine to cycle. The employee's foot and lower leg were caught and crushed by the moving parts, requiring hospitalization.

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: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate