Incident date: 2019-11-08
NAICS industry code: 622110

Two employees were reinstalling bolts on a steel ring that held a rubber membrane in place on the bottom of a laundry press. The metal basket had been raised using the system's hydraulics so the ring could be accessed. The basket dropped onto one employee's fingers, causing fractures and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate