Incident date: 2019-09-26
NAICS industry code: 323112

An employee was slitting a roll to a smaller size using a slitter. The employee's arm was pulled into the slitter, causing fractures to the right ulna and radius. The employee was hospitalized, requiring a surgical plate for one shattered bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Slitters, winders-paper production
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate