Incident date: 2016-10-25
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was drilling a hole in a piece of aluminum about 12-inches by 3-inches wide using a pedestal drill press and amputated his left index finger at the first knuckle. The employee was wearing tight fitted grip gloves. The machine was not guarded 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