Incident date: 2025-03-25
NAICS industry code: 326199

Two employees were feeding extruded plastic material into a puller machine. The injured employee went to adjust the position of the materials and his left hand was pulled into the machine at a nip point created by rotating belts. The employee sustained a contusion and swelling to the left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate