Incident date: 2018-06-01
NAICS industry code: 321999

On June 1, 2018, an employee was pressing a hydraulic shaft with a manually operated hydraulic press when a piece of metal that had not cleared the press table ejected and struck his left pinky finger, causing tendon damage that required hospitalization and stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate