Incident date: 2016-01-22
NAICS industry code: 333249

An employee performing sanding operations on a lathe suffered a right arm amputation and left arm amputation below the elbow. The employee had reattachment surgery.

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: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: high