Incident date: 2019-01-15
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was operating a press brake machine to form 16-gauge cold rolled sheet metal into an 18" x 12" metal pan with a 1-inch lip on all four sides. The bottom foot of the press brake fell out of the machine and landed on the employee's left leg/foot, crushing the foot and lacerating the calf and shin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate