Incident date: 2023-06-15
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was changing out the tooling on the vertical machining center (VMC) when the table he was positioned on moved and crushed his pelvis between the platen table and the frame of the machine, resulting in a pelvic fracture. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate