Incident date: 2019-01-29
NAICS industry code: 333513

An employee was attempting to free a stuck casting from the casting feeder hopper door. The employee sprayed lubricant on the casting and the casting freed from the door. The employee's right forearm was inside the casting feeder hopper door when the casting was freed and the door closed on and crushed his forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate