Incident date: 2018-02-09
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was moving a 23,000-pound platen using an overhead crane when the employee's arm was pinned between the moving platen and a second platen sitting on the floor. The employee suffered a vascular injury to the arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate