Incident date: 2018-08-09
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was polishing a part on a lathe with sandpaper when the glove she was wearing was caught on the part and pulled her left arm into the lathe, resulting in a left arm amputation at the elbow.

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: Forearm(s)
severity: high