Incident date: 2016-07-13
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was operating an angle cutting machine. When the employee tried to remove a piece of metal, the machine began another cycle and the metal plate on the machine struck the employee's wrist causing a severe laceration, severed tendons, and broken bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate