Incident date: 2023-10-10
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was operating a bundle bander. After applying a band to a bundle of wood, the press was retracting back to its neutral position when the employee's left hand was caught between the press and the frame. The employee was hospitalized with fractured fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate