Incident date: 2016-05-10
NAICS industry code: 339920

At approximately 5:40 PM, on May 10, 2016, an employee was preparing to change a mold out from a machine. The employee was removing bolts from the new mold, which was held by a forklift, when the mold slipped. The employee's left index and middle fingers were crushed between the roughly 300-pound mold and the arm of the machine, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate