Incident date: 2018-11-15
NAICS industry code: 327211

On November 15, 2018, an employee was changing the bands on the rollers of an automated rolling line. The employee's left arm was caught in the rollers, causing compound fractures that required surgery and hospitalization. The equipment was not locked out or powered off at the time of the incident. Gloves and long sleeves were being worn.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate