Incident date: 2017-10-14
NAICS industry code: 483211

An employee was unloading gypsum from a trailer when he heard an air leak and tried to locate it with his gloved hand. His glove was then caught in a rotating PTO shaft and his left hand was pulled into the shaft, breaking multiple fingers and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Power take-off (PTO)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate