Incident date: 2016-03-08
NAICS industry code: 928110

A vehicle battery on a drill press became unsecured while an employee was drilling into it. A battery cable wrapped around the employee's left ring finger, amputating it at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high