Incident date: 2021-08-23
NAICS industry code: 336111

An employee was changing the pad die on a machine. The die and the old pad were lifted with a hoist. The pad started swinging and broke the employee's left middle finger as the employee tried to stop it. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate