Incident date: 2015-04-28
NAICS industry code: 326199

A maintenance employee was trying to fix a heat seal machine when the machine activated and closed on the employee's hands, causing burns and potential crushing injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Sealing, stapling machinery
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate