Incident date: 2018-04-09
NAICS industry code: 339991

An employee was checking measurements on a vertical mill to drill two holes in the blank channel of a lubricator part when his gloved hand was drawn into the drill bit, resulting in a left index finger amputation. The vertical mill was operating at the time of the incident.

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