Incident date: 2018-10-23
NAICS industry code: 322230

An employee was attempting to clear a paper jam from a moving machine belt when the employee's left hand was caught by a pickup cylinder on the belt. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the back of the hand and palm, as well as a broken middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate