Incident date: 2019-11-22
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was troubleshooting a bailer leg cutout separator. The employee lost balance and the employee's left hand slipped into the separator resulting in a laceration to the thumb. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate