Incident date: 2022-02-16
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee using a computer numerical control (CNC) lathe was loading a piece of ram shaft and was using his left hand to hold the tailstock. When the button was pushed to tighten the tailstock, in began to close, and the employee's left thumb and index finger were crushed between the piece of material and the tailstock. The employee's left index finger was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high