Incident date: 2021-06-20
NAICS industry code: 332993

An employee was cleaning out metal cup casings around a chain, sprocket, and rotating shaft during maintenance. The machine was turned on while the employee's hand was in a pinch point. The employee's fingers were caught in the machine's chain and sprocket, and the employee suffered a broken right arm and possible finger amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate