Incident date: 2025-08-21
NAICS industry code: 336390

On August 21, 2025, an employee was operating a notch press machine. While the machine was returning to the home position, the employee's left hand became caught in the top portion (frame) of the machine and the die resulting in crush injuries to their left hand requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Boring, reaming, routing, notching machinery
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate