Incident date: 2025-05-21
NAICS industry code: 423120

An employee was found on the floor within the enclosure of a laser machine. The employee was adjusting a sheet of metal on the machine while carrying a remote control, which actuated the machine, moving the carriage and causing the employee to be caught between the carriage and the machine table. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right shoulder and left ankle, and lacerations on their legs and ankles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Laser cutting machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate