Incident date: 2018-02-23
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee changing out a belt on a trimmer was struck by the machine's door when it disengaged from the position in which it was propped, causing injury to the employee's left hand requiring surgery.

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: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate