Incident date: 2016-10-08
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was watching bottles go down the trimmer line to make sure the blow molds were working correctly. When the employee attempted to remove a bottle, the trimmer engaged and hit the employee's hand, lacerating and crushing it. The guard was in place at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate