Incident date: 2024-05-09
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was making a mechanical seal using a manual lathe when his left sleeve got caught in the lathe. He sustained lacerations to his left arm and hand and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Lathes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate