Incident date: 2018-11-09
NAICS industry code: 115111

Two employees were providing maintenance to a vacuum wheel when their hands were caught in the vacuum wheel. One employee received broken bones in his hand and forearm, requiring hospitalization. The second employee suffered acute carpal tunnel in the left wrist. The vacuum wheel was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate