Incident date: 2016-09-27
NAICS industry code: 333413

An employee was using a lathe and sandpaper to sand a piece of metal pipe. As he was sanding the pipe, the sandpaper wrapped around the lathe and then wrapped itself around the second and third fingers of his right hand, partially amputating them.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high