Incident date: 2021-04-13
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was power-tapping a hole in a pump stuffing/packing box using a vertical knee mill. The employee was wiping away metal debris with his gloved hand when the glove became entangled on the rotating tap and pulled the employee's fingers around, cutting through the glove. The employee's left pinky finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high