Incident date: 2017-03-29
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was operating a press brake to flatten metal plates. The metal plate was held in place by a hoist hook. The hook slipped off the metal plate causing the metal plate to strike the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair a broken right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate