Incident date: 2016-12-13
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was polishing the rotating shaft of a lathe with an emery cloth when his hair was caught in the lathe. He suffered scalping and a possible scapula fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate