Incident date: 2024-03-18
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was using a CNC milling machine to drill holes in metal bars. The employee was activating a clamping mechanism to hold a part in place when her left little finger was pinched between the clamping mechanism and the part, resulting in a distal amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary drills, milling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high