Incident date: 2024-05-02
NAICS industry code: 334519

An employee was changing the bottom die on a hydraulic power crimper. Their left thumb was crushed between the two die components when the crimper engaged, resulting in thumb fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate