Incident date: 2017-03-02
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was removing a finished part from a CNC lathe. With his hand on the part, he inadvertently stepped on a foot control that actuated a hold down ram. The ram came back in on the part and amputated the upper portion of the employee's right thumb.

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