Incident date: 2016-07-07
NAICS industry code: 327120

On July 7, 2016, at 0930, an employee was reaching into the strap station and jig of the brick strapping machine to straighten up the stack of bricks before they were banded. At the same time, the operator activated the machine, causing the carousel of jigs to move forward. She was pulled into the machinery, crushing her upper torso and head between the jig and the strap station.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate