Incident date: 2016-09-28
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was operating a punch press, punching holes in nail plates. As she was doing this, the machine malfunctioned and a double stroke resulted. The employee attempted to free the nail plate from the machine and the ram plate came down and crushed her left hand. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate