Incident date: 2015-02-06
NAICS industry code: 333517

Employee was clearing a jam on a hydraulic press. During the process, the hydraulic system activated, and the ram caught the employee's right wrist and pinched it against the inner frame. The employee fractured his right wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate