Incident date: 2024-03-08
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was working with a drill press when the glove on his right hand got caught on the bit and his hand was pulled into it, resulting in the amputation of the tip of his little finger and a fracture to his ring fingertip requiring surgery to repair.

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: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high