Incident date: 2017-04-10
NAICS industry code: 221210

An employee was operating a lathe to polish a small steel bar when his glove was caught in a rotating shaft, pulling his right hand into the lathe and amputating his right ring finger.

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