Incident date: 2018-10-04
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee had been machining a part on a vertical lathe. The employee was discovered inside the housing of the machine, having suffered a broken neck, jaw, and ribs, a punctured lung and multiple lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head, neck, and trunk
severity: moderate