Incident date: 2020-10-30
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was bending rebar on a rod bender machine. The machine malfunctioned causing the bender to jerk back and forth. The employee grabbed the rebar and his right thumb was crushed between the rebar and the bender stop.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate