Incident date: 2016-11-23
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was inserting a blank piece of pipe into the chucks of a CNC machine when the blank fell and his right finger was caught between the blank and the metal bar inside the machine. His right ring fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high