Incident date: 2015-12-16
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was troubleshooting an upper and lower flask of a mold trying to get the upper flask to seat on the lower flask properly. The flasks came together and crushed the employee's hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate