Incident date: 2015-02-06
NAICS industry code: 326220

An employee was polishing a shaft on a lathe  with an emry cloth when his hand became caught, pulling him into the lathe and injuring his right hand. He fractured the ring and pinky fingers on his right hand and sustained damage to the flesh as well.  His right pinky finger was amputated due to the damage.

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