"worker suffered serious injuries after getting his arm stuck in a machine..."

 

Machinery entrapment is an obvious yet hidden hazard in many workplaces. Hidden hazard in so much that many workplaces fail to perform machinery guarding audits that would mitigate most of the incidents. Here is a recent incident highlighting the hazard of machinery entrapment.

A worker suffered serious injuries after getting his arm stuck in a machine, one afternoon (in April 2025), in a factory in (name omitted), in the municipality of (name omitted).

The accident happened at the (name omitted) aluminum (extrusion) company, in circumstances yet to be determined, and the alert was given a few minutes before 17:00.

For rescue, the (local) Firefighters and the (local) Emergency and Resuscitation Medical Vehicle (VMER) were mobilized.

The (pertinent government safety organization) registered the occurrence.

We pray that the injured worker recovers fully from their injuries. We do not know what machinery was involved nor to what extent the worker’s injuries are. We reached out to our contact at the company to find out and will

For the reader, we hope that this incident will be used to make your workplace safer. A simple question can be asked to production and maintenance workers. “Where can machinery entrapment occur here?”

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