Incident date: 2020-12-15
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was operating an uncoiler machine. He was inspecting the insert of the uncoiler when it caught his glove, pulling in his left hand. It sliced the thumb, causing an injury that required ten stitches and the insertion of a pin between the first and last joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate