Incident date: 2017-03-02
NAICS industry code: 331523

An employee was adjusting the hydraulic pressure setting on a 1200- ton die casting machine when a component of the machine broke free and struck the employee in the face resulting in injuries requiring hospitalization. The employee sustained a fractured eye socket and a fracture to the back of the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate