Incident date: 2024-04-02
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was sanding a metal shaft on a lathe when his right thumb when under the sandpaper, resulting in the amputation of the distal portion of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high