Incident date: 2019-01-30
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was setting up a thermo-forming press and placing a shim while standing on a step stool. The employee slipped and inadvertently activated the press crushing his left thumb. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate