Incident date: 2018-07-13
NAICS industry code: 325314

An employee was attempting to remove a bag that was jammed in a machine when his right hand was caught in the machine. As he pulled his hand out, he fractured his thumb and degloved his hand. The machine was not locked/tagged out 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: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate