Incident date: 2017-11-17
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee was trying to put cotton back in a bale press. His leg was inside the boxes below floor level. The press was in automatic mode and engaged in rotation, causing his leg to be caught and fractured between the edge of the floor and the edge of the box.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate