Incident date: 2020-12-14
NAICS industry code: 322222

An employee was running the hot melt machine and noticed a rag had slipped into the laminating roller. While grabbing the rag, the employee's arm was pulled into the roller. The employee was hospitalized for soft tissue damage and swelling of the arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate