Incident date: 2016-11-02
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was disassembling the Y-axis ball on a CNC machine when the ball came loose. He moved the ball screw and it became dislodged and struck his left index finger, amputating it just behind the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high