Incident date: 2022-04-09
NAICS industry code: 311352

An employee had been clearing a plate carrier jam on an industrial oven. During reassembly of the oven rails, one of the oven plates opened causing the hinged top section of the plate to swing down and catch the employee's left ring finger against a frame rail. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured and lacerated left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Ranges, cooking ovens, grills, toasters, food warmers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate