Incident date: 2016-06-20
NAICS industry code: 561320

On 6/20/16, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee was cleaning an injection molding machine when a coworker turned on the machine, causing a rod to puncture the employee's chest and lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate