Incident date: 2024-09-30
NAICS industry code: 541380

An employee was dislodging a 600-pound pipe stuck inside a CNC machine. The pipe shifted and the employee's finger was crushed between the pipe and the chuck, resulting in an injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Lathes
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate