Incident date: 2024-06-01
NAICS industry code: 811490

An employee was performing maintenance on an industrial washing machine when his right arm became caught in the belt and his elbow and forearm were fractured. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Clothes washers, dryers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple arm locations
severity: moderate