Incident date: 2020-11-11
NAICS industry code: 331410

Inside the maintenance shop, two employees were using a mechanical press to remove a shaft from a gear belonging to an overhead crane. While the gear was being adjusted, it slipped and fell, striking one of the employees on the hand. The employee sustained a broken hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Gears
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate