Incident date: 2015-11-16
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was cleaning a machine using a rag. The rag got caught in a nip point, and the employee's right hand was pulled into the machine. He was hospitalized with injuries to his palm and three middle fingers. The machine was running and unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate