Incident date: 2020-05-12
NAICS industry code: 333311

An employee turned off a lathe machine, opened it, and used a push bar to push material into the lathe. The push bar was still in the machine when the lathe was reactivated. The push bar was then thrown into the employee's head, fracturing the skull. The lathe was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate