Incident date: 2017-03-12
NAICS industry code: 327213

An employee was changing a plunger on the press-and-blow machine. The machine was shut down, but the safety device to keep the blanks open was not installed. When the employee activated the machine with his left hand in the machine, the hot blanks closed on his hand causing burns and bruising.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate