Incident date: 2024-02-17
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was cutting plastic tubes to length using a milling machine. His glove became entangled in the machine's rotating spindle, causing his hand to be drawn toward the endmill cutter. The top layer of his left thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary drills, milling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high