Incident date: 2025-06-03
NAICS industry code: 325920

An employee was making a fine adjustment after a tooling change on a pyrotechnic pellet press when the machine interface was actuated. The bottom piston on the press crushed his left hand, resulting in fractures to his index, middle, and ring fingers with tendon damage to the middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate