Incident date: 2022-08-26
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was setting up a four-foot part in a lathe. The part had a square shaft with two-inch studs protruding from it. As the employee was adjusting the steady rest bolts, their shirt sleeve became caught on the rotating part of the lathe, resulting in a soft tissue injury to the upper left arm that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate