Incident date: 2017-12-13
NAICS industry code: 332999

At approximately 9:30 AM, on December 13, 2017, an employee was buffing a 1-and-1/4-inch piece of steel using a lathe machine and a 3-foot piece of emery cloth when his left hand and arm became entangled around the lathe's rotating shaft. His left middle finger had to be surgically amputated and he required surgery to his left ulna and radius.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high