Incident date: 2021-11-15
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was straightening boards being fed into an edger. He reached to straighten a board and tripped the electric eye, which shut the machine down. The roller came down and pinned the employee's right arm causing damage to the soft tissue on the forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate