Incident date: 2018-06-22
NAICS industry code: 332116

An employee was feeding steel into a punch press and removing the product. The press picked up two sheets of steel instead of one. The employee attempted to separate the steel to prevent a jam, and the machine table struck the employee while they were placing product on a pallet. The employee sustained a hairline fracture to the hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate