Incident date: 2017-10-13
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee was operating a foot-operated drill when his right ring finger was caught in the drill press area, amputating 1 inch of the finger. The drill's safety hold back device was not used at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high