Incident date: 2017-09-29
NAICS industry code: 326112

A temporary employee was removing folds from the plastic sheet/film product web that was running through the greenhouse rewind machine. The employee's right foot slipped and was caught in an ingoing nip point between rotating rollers. The employee sustained compound fractures to his lower leg, ankle and foot. The rollers were unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate