Braids hanging down?
Oh yeah, I always leave ropes attached to my head hanging down into power machinery.
How horrible. It’s kind of like getting your tie caught in the fan belt.
OSHA safety rules violation. Surely, anyone who works around machinery is required to wear their hair up, or cover their head. It's only common sense. Long hair in the workplace is covered in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910 Subpart I according to this web page:
OSHA Regulations on Long Hair Around Machinery
Watch her family sue for millions, and win. If this rule applied to her job, then whoever her supervisor is, will hang for not enforcing it. She's a minority. She will be made out to be the victim even if she blatantly ignored the safety rules.