Incident date: 2019-12-09
NAICS industry code: 327113

An employee was operating a 1,600-ton dry press machine. He was standing on the pressing platform while waiting for the press cycle to complete. He fell off the platform and his head struck the reinforced concrete floor about 2 feet below. He lost consciousness and began bleeding from the back of his head and the side of his nose. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Machine platforms
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate