Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was working on a finishing machine when the stop bar sensor turned on and the press continued its operation. The press cycled and the employee's right hand was pulled and crushed in between the notches on the stop cylinder and the stop bar. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate