Incident date: 2024-07-18
NAICS industry code: 811219

An employee was using a 40-ton press to remold a steel part when a steel plug guide shot out from the press and struck the employee in their midsection, causing three broken ribs and a hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate