Incident date: 2023-04-04
NAICS industry code: 336413

An employee was placing bars of aluminum stock into a CNC lathe machine. As the employee started the machine, he noticed a bar sticking out of the back of the lathe. As he went to grab it, the employee's right wrist area was struck by the bar. He sustained multiple fractures and lacerations to the right hand and wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate