Incident date: 2016-10-04
NAICS industry code: 331523

An employee was inspecting a core machine because it was not operating. He attempted to clear some sand inside the point of operation. As his hand passed through a light curtain's sensing field, a core table lowered and crushed his right hand, causing lacerations and fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate