Incident date: 2017-10-03
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was sanding down a shaft with sand paper when his left middle finger and index fingers became caught in the lathe. His fingers had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high