Incident date: 2015-08-13
NAICS industry code: 424610

An employee was brushing plastic shavings to one end inside the CNC machine so that the shavings could be removed. The auger inside the machine started, and the employee's hand came into contact with the auger, breaking 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
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate