Incident date: 2016-02-12
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee operating a vertical milling machine was brushing metal chips away while wearing gloves. The tip of the glove and the employee's left index finger became caught in the machine's drill bit, amputating the finger.

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