Incident date: 2025-06-11
NAICS industry code: 442299

An employee was using a CNC mill to drill and countersink holes in a plastic wood product. Their left hand contacted the point of operation (a 1/4" drill bit with a 3/4" countersink) of the vertical drill resulting in a fractured fourth finger and partial amputations (between the last joint and fingernail) of the middle and little fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Stationary drills, milling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high