Incident date: 2022-08-26
NAICS industry code: 238120

The employee was operating a rebar threading machine when its vise malfunctioned. The rebar began to spin, caught the employee's glove, and lacerated and broke his thumb. Surgery was required.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Threading and tapping machines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate