Incident date: 2021-06-09
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was unjamming a beef hide from a flesher machine when the flesher wheel closed on the employee's arm, fracturing the upper arm and wrist. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident, but was not locked out.

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