Incident date: 2018-03-27
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was attempting to hook up an airline for an air sander. The employee's left arm was between the straining rod and control box of a press when it became caught between a caution sign on the straining rod and the control box. The employee suffered left arm contusions near the elbow area, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate