Incident date: 2019-08-09
NAICS industry code: 316213

An employee was helping a forklift driver move a sole press machine when the machine tipped over and fell onto the employee. The employee was pinned between the machine and the floor, suffering broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a cut to the left ear.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate