Incident date: 2017-11-09
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was rebuilding a sprayer arm. He had bolted the sprayer arm to the main bench and was attempting to wipe off grease when the sprayer arm struck and crushed his right thumb, fracturing it. The sprayer arm was energized and running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Other special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate