Incident date: 2018-02-27
NAICS industry code: 332813

An employee was operating a horizontal lathe to polish a metal part when the part being turned came loose. The employee tried to catch the piece and it slammed his right hand into the machine. He suffered a laceration and multiple broken metacarpals, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate