Incident date: 2016-03-02
NAICS industry code: 332994

On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was operating a CNC machine. The employee opened the protective door of the machine to clean the chips from the fixture with an air hose. When his hand was close to the spindle area, the cutting tool struck his finger, amputating his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high