Incident date: 2024-07-27
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was working to free sheets of rubber that were stuck together in a machine. When the sheets popped free, a rubber sheet snapped back and pulled the employee's hands against a non-powered roller resulting in a non-displaced forearm fracture. The machine was not running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate