Incident date: 2016-06-07
NAICS industry code: 323112

An employee was disassembling a deck on the press when an unexpected signal was sent to the motor. The motor then started up while the employee's hand was in the point of operation. The employee suffered severe lacerations and broken bones in the right hand, requiring hospitalization.

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