Incident date: 2017-02-13
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee's left hand was caught by the rotating spindle of a lathe, partially de-gloving the hand and amputating the thumb, index, and middle fingers at the first joint. The lathe was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: high