Incident date: 2016-03-30
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was changing out a mold on a machine when the safety device processor card failed, dropping the mold on the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized with a broken index finger and hairline fracture to the middle finger, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate