Incident date: 2019-03-18
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was bending a piece of 1-inch-thick, 6-inch-wide, 6-foot-long flat steel in a press fitted with a four-way die. One of the fins on the die broke, allowing the steel to fall and strike the employee's right leg above the knee. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate