Incident date: 2018-03-14
NAICS industry code: 332117

An employee was loading a part onto a slotter when the part began to fall off of the holding fixture. While straightening the part out on the fixture, the employee actuated the slotter with her other hand. Her right index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the vice fixture and the part.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high