Incident date: 2020-06-15
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was machining a component on a horizontal boring mill when the employee's glove was caught in the rotating boring instrument, resulting in the amputation of the employee's right hand thumb.

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