Incident date: 2022-05-10
NAICS industry code: 333249

An employee was cleaning a pin on a metal lathe when their hand got caught in the unguarded chuck of the lathe. The employee's left forearm, thumb, index and ring fingers were broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate