Incident date: 2018-07-16
NAICS industry code: 236210

On July 16, 2018, two employees were performing maintenance on a piece of heavy equipment that was having issues with its rubber tracks. Employee #1 was operating the machine while employee #2 was watching the tracks. As the track was moving, employee #2's arm entered the track. His left arm was crushed, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate