Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was running a vertical milling machine. During the milling process, he was brushing away particles (swarf) near the cutting surface when his glove became caught while the mill was still cutting. The machine then pulled the glove and his left pinky fingertip from his hand, amputating it to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Milling machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high