Incident date: 2022-08-11
NAICS industry code: 813990

An employee was using sandpaper to clean a lathe when their glove was caught, pulling their right hand into the rotation. The employee sustained a broken right wrist and broken fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Lathes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate