Incident date: 2021-02-22
NAICS industry code: 334513

On February 22, 2021, an employee was using an emery board to polish or de-burr bar stock when their right pinky finger was caught in the lathe and the fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high