Incident date: 2025-01-02
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was cleaning the chrome rollers for a plastic extrusion machine when his arm was caught in the rollers. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his hand and arm that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate