Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 323119

An employee was using a lathe with a grinder attachment to re-surface a roller. He was attempting to remove a pile of cuttings from the lathe when his right thumb entered a nip point created by the rotating material and grinder attachment. His right thumb was amputated to the first knuckle. The lathe was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high