Incident date: 2025-04-07
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was using a hand file to sand a part attached to the chuck on a powered lathe. Their right glove became caught and the employee's hand was pulled into the  chuck, resulting in three finger amputations and an injury to the right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high