Incident date: 2018-11-08
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was using a manual lathe to remove Teflon coating from a 5-inch steel pipe. When the machine was turned on, an unsecured pipe broke the employee's left hand, necessitating surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate