Incident date: 2015-06-03
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was polishing a tool on a polishing lathe when a finger slipped inward resulting in a right index finger injury. The finger was amputated below the first knuckle at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Lathes, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high