Incident date: 2021-08-03
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was operating a machining mill. While loading a new piece of material into the machine, the employee brushed off metal shavings from the top of the machine and their left hand was caught between the piece of material and tailstock of the machine. Their left middle and index fingers were crushed and the middle finger required surgical amputation.

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