Incident date: 2016-03-01
NAICS industry code: 423830

A maintenance employee received multiple fractures and lacerations when a high-tension cable associated with a roll-up door wrapped around his right hand during attempts to troubleshoot a malfunction. He required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate