Incident date: 2017-06-27
NAICS industry code: 333999

A temporary employee was attempting to remove a jammed filter bag from a plastic welding machine when his right forearm was caught between the machine carriage and a cross member, severely puncturing it and requiring hospitalization. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate