Incident date: 2022-01-08
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was tearing down a vacuum stuffer at the end of a shift. As he tried to lower the hopper on top of the stuffer, the lid slammed shut on his left hand and severely lacerated it. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate