Incident date: 2022-10-03
NAICS industry code: 326211

On October 3, 2022, an employee was near a tire-building machine's robot ply strip hand, a suction unit that moves from side to side. The robot moved and struck the employee's nose, causing an avulsion. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate