Incident date: 2025-05-13
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was carrying out a preventative maintenance inspection on a robotic picker. As the employee was moving metal lift bands to inspect for damage and tears, they tangled around the support structure of the robot service grid. When the employee went to free the bands, the banding severely lacerated the employee's left hand and index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Order picking and packing machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate