Incident date: 2016-06-12
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was removing burrs on a set of custom-made aluminum jaws with a 10-inch hand file, when the file struck the jaws while they were still spinning in the chuck of the lathe. The file then pushed back into the employee's left-hand palm, causing a deep puncture wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Files-surfacing handtool
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate