Incident date: 2016-10-27
NAICS industry code: 541420

On October 27, 2016, at 4:40 p.m., an employee was engaged in a flip operation and was using a hammer to tap the fixture holding the part. The hammer glanced the fixture and struck/severed the machinist's left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high