Incident date: 2019-05-05
NAICS industry code: 327121

An employee was learning to use a lathe when his finger was caught between the rotating chuck jaws and the tool rest adjustment lever. The employees right index fingertip was pinched and required medical amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high