Incident date: 2022-10-05
NAICS industry code: 333996

An employee was polishing a part on a lathe. His rag wrapped around his glove and pulled his right thumb under the spindle, where it was amputated. The thumb was reattached at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high