Incident date: 2015-08-03
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was troubleshooting a strapping machine and spraying WD-40 into it when his hand felt like it was going to sleep.  He rested his hand on the machine, and his ring and middle fingers were placed in a pinch point. He fractured two bones just below the nailbed, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate