Incident date: 2015-07-02
NAICS industry code: 423810

An employee was working on a cutting machine that did not have the blade engaged.  He hit the lever that controls the up and down motion of the machine. Gravity pulled the machine down, and the blade struck his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate