Incident date: 2015-04-01
NAICS industry code: 331512

On or about 4/1/2015, at approximately 9:30 a.m., a maintenance employee received an amputation injury to his right thumb while operating a lathe. The employee was using an Emory-type cloth to smooth a part in the lathe when his glove got caught on the part, cloth, and/or machine, causing his injury. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high