Incident date: 2023-11-18
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee had been cleaning paper off the floor and monitoring a corrugator machine. The corrugator had a mis-splice, so the employee got on a step stool and began rethreading the paper through the rollers. The rollers caught the employee's right arm, resulting in compartment syndrome to the forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate