Incident date: 2015-01-21
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was operating a manual entry rack that feeds a lathe.  The employee pinched the pointer finger on the left hand between the axle and end stop on the entry rack.  The employee suffered amputation of the left-hand, pointer fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high