Incident date: 2020-12-02
NAICS industry code: 333132

The employee was monitoring a plastic injection molding machine during it's start up/warm up phase. The employee observed excess product sitting in the bottom of the machine. As the employee was removing the product, a sprocket/gear on the machine grabbed the employee's left arm and pinched it just above the wrist. The employee sustained a cut on the left arm and wrist, which affected bones and tissue.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate