Incident date: 2015-03-31
NAICS industry code: 326112

An employee was trying to set up a trim die on a thermal molding machine when his left forearm, thumb, and index finger got crushed. The machine was not locked out at the time. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate