Incident date: 2018-10-19
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was adjusting the chuck jaws of a vertical mill so the material would fit and was placing a 24" flange into the chuck of the mill. While she was removing the sling strap, the piece slipped and caught her right-hand first fingertip at the base of the nailbed between the material and chuck jaw, resulting in an amputation of her fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high