Incident date: 2016-05-12
NAICS industry code: 333243

On May 12, 2016, an employee was operating a drill press to perform a polishing operation when his hand became caught between drill press and the part he was polishing, amputating his middle and ring fingers. He was wearing cut-resistant gloves at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high