Incident date: 2019-09-26
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating a machine that applies coating to metal sheets used in the manufacture of steel pails. The employee attempted to clean the rear of a catch tray with a wiping rag. The rag entered a gap between the tray and the composite roller and became caught in an in-running nip point between two rollers. The employee's right hand was pulled into the rollers, resulting in a crushing injury. The machine was in motion at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate