Incident date: 2016-08-19
NAICS industry code: 336412

An employee was setting up a vertical lathe machine. The employee was adjusting the tool holder when it dropped, striking the employee's left pinky finger and amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high