Incident date: 2023-08-08
NAICS industry code: 336312

An employee was setting up a milling machine to run parts. The steady rest (i.e., part clamp) was activated and crushed the last joint of the employee's right index finger resulting in 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