Incident date: 2017-05-08
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was helping an operator set up a pipe threading line. The employee was loosening a part on the pipe threading line when the set-up operator turned a switch on to move the pipe into a CNC machine. The CNC machine then amputated the employee's right index finger.

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