Incident date: 2022-01-05
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was operating a mill. After making a cut, he reached for piece of rubber that had fallen into the mill tray. The rubber was stuck and the employee's right hand was pulled under the stationary mill knife blade, resulting in a laceration to the wrist that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Milling machines
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate