Incident date: 2024-01-26
NAICS industry code: 332996

On January 26, 2024, an employee was setting up a vertical turret lathe to bore the inside diameter of a steel ring. The lathe activated, and the part (a steel ring about 1-7/8 inches thick and 29-30 inches wide) flew out of it and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and head abrasions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate