Incident date: 2016-04-28
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was removing a jam under the pusher bar when the bar came down on the employee's arm, pinching and severely bruising it. The employee required surgery. 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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate