Incident date: 2018-01-26
NAICS industry code: 448190

An employee was repairing a door latch on an industrial washing machine when the washer activated and closed on the employee's left hand and forehead. The employee suffered four broken fingers and a forehead laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Clothes washers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate