Incident date: 2020-08-12
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was changing the plunger on a press and adding bolts to the side of the plunger. When the employee lowered the lazy Susan, the plunger fell and one of the bolts punctured the employee's right hand, causing an open fracture. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate