Incident date: 2022-05-05
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a coil-fed hydraulic punch press when a strip of material jammed in the die. The employee removed the guide rails and cleared the jam. The employee then re-secured the guide rails to the bottom die set by tightening the bolts. The employee then cycled the press, and a 2-inch guide rail shot out of the die and embedded in the employee's right side directly below the chest cavity causing a laceration, blunt force trauma, and a bruised liver. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate