Incident date: 2022-02-15
NAICS industry code: 339920

An employee was loading a liner sheet into a rotovac machine. The employee's arms came in contact with the two hand controls. This caused the machine frame's clamps to close onto the employee's hands. The employee suffered third-degree burns and lacerations to both hands. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate