Incident date: 2015-01-30
NAICS industry code: 334417

An employee was polishing a spindle on a lathe using an emery cloth.  A keyway slot on the shaft caught his right index finger, resulting in an amputation of the finger. There was no bone loss.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high