Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating a pultrusion flat sheet press. When the employee tried to retrieve an item in the press, his left arm was caught by the traveling puller as it attempted to return to the home position causing a crushing injury to the arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate