Incident date: 2025-03-18
NAICS industry code: 326199

On March 18, 2025, an employee entered a press to assess and troubleshoot the machine's service robot. The employee utilized a step on the machine and climbed over the horizontal tie bars to gain proximity to the robot and platens. He slipped from the greased lower tie bar and fell approximately 5.5 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to their ribs and right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate