Incident date: 2020-02-26
NAICS industry code: 311513

A maintenance employee entered the cheese molding cell after de-activating it to troubleshoot the equipment. When the equipment was re-activated, the cheese lid armature moved and struck the maintenance employee on the face causing a laceration from the forehead to the lower cheek that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate