Incident date: 2015-11-12
NAICS industry code: 335210

On 11/12/15, and employee was repairing a mold while working under a suspended load. The employee removed bolts to replace O rings. The runner plate separated from the cavity plate, and the 1500-pound mold fell on the employee's legs. The employee's left leg fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate