Incident date: 2020-05-19
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was removing surface rust on a lathe machine's shaft when the employee's cut-resistant glove became caught in the lathe machine and pulled the employee's arm into the machine. The employee sustained a broken hand and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate