Incident date: 2024-02-05
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was standing on the mill, by the cross-seam area, preparing to open a bag of flux to pour into the hopper. The machine's holding clamps engaged and the clamp crushed the employee's left foot pushing the steel toe protection plate into their left toe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate