Incident date: 2019-10-13
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was using a powered lathe to polish a steel shaft with an emery cloth when his hand was caught between the cloth and the shaft. He suffered fractures to three fingers and his wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate