Incident date: 2022-01-21
NAICS industry code: 331523

An employee was loading a 14-inch flange into a vertical fixture. The employee removed hooks from the flange to adjust it in the fixture; the flange fell out of the fixture and caught the employee's left hand against the machine. The employee's ring and little fingers were broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate