Incident date: 2020-10-15
NAICS industry code: 333517

A toolmaker was setting a pin in a die set using a hand-operated press with an overhead pull-down bar when the die set slipped. This released the resistance against the downward force causing the toolmaker to fall backward against a storage rack and then to the floor. The toolmaker suffered a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate