Incident date: 2023-05-04
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee entered a blow molding machine to make process adjustments when the machine closed on the employee, resulting in broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate