Incident date: 2022-04-12
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was stripping a mold (removing product from the mold). In staging the part for stripping, the pusher and mandrel were misaligned which caused the tool to kick out, striking the employee in the chest. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate