Incident date: 2020-05-18
NAICS industry code: 812332

A maintenance employee was installing a lift cylinder on an iron. While he was aligning the lift cylinder bolt hole and a roller, the roller moved and his right thumb was caught between the roller and lift cylinder bolt hole. As a result, he sustained a fractured right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Fabric pressers and ironing appliances
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate