Incident date: 2024-12-23
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was using a drill press to create a hole in a piece of aluminum when his glove became caught in the drill bit. The employee's left hand was pulled into the drill and they sustained amputations of their index and middle fingers around the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary drills, milling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high