Incident date: 2025-01-06
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was operating a striker machine that puts friction strips on matchbooks when their hair wrapped around the shaft. The employee sustained scalping and facial injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate