Incident date: 2019-01-14
NAICS industry code: 326111

On 01/14/19, an employee was working on an injection molding machine and packing plastic parts when a piece of plastic fell to the floor. She bent down to pick it up and her scarf became caught in a grinding machine bearing, resulting in her being choked and suffering lacerations. She was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate