Incident date: 2022-10-17
NAICS industry code: 331421

On October 17, 2022, at approximately 4:00 a.m., an employee was using a hand tool to clean beryllium chips from a lathe's ventilation system. The hand tool became caught on the rotating lathe and struck the employee. The employee sustained a left middle finger amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high