Incident date: 2019-03-22
NAICS industry code: 327215

An employee was assembling/manufacturing a pneumatic press when the press activated and crushed his right hand. The employee sustained muscle damage and a laceration to the hand and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate