Incident date: 2023-11-20
NAICS industry code: 111191

An employee was clearing a jam in a hammer mill located in the lint room when his right hand got caught in the machine, resulting in an injury to the soft tissue of his hand. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate