Incident date: 2023-07-17
NAICS industry code: 561311

A temporary employee was working on a spiral machine for sheet metal. They were adjusting the machine with their right hand and using their left hand to hold an object in the machine. As the employee leaned in, one piece of metal was pushed against another, crushing their left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate