Incident date: 2025-07-30
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a vertical mill to machine a fixture for an engineering project. The employee was using calipers to take a measurement of the fixture in proximity to the spindle when the sleeve of his shop coat got caught in the spindle, pulling his left hand into the tool. The employee sustained a severe abrasion to the back of his hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary drills, milling machinery
code_nature: title: Abrasions
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate