Incident date: 2021-09-15
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee's right thumb got caught in the moving chain and sprocket of a lathe resulting in amputation of the thumb tip. The drive chain assembly was not locked out at the time.

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