Incident date: 2020-09-24
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a vertical lathe and using sandpaper to deburr the sharp edges of material on the machine. The sandpaper or the employee's glove got caught on the edge of the spinning part and the employee's right hand was lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate