Incident date: 2023-10-17
NAICS industry code: 336214

On October 17, 2023, an employee was cleaning sawdust from a structural support of a CNC router. When the table returned to its home position, his left glove and shirt were snagged by the machine, dragging his hand into a position that resulted in a crush injury. The employee suffered an amputation of the thumb and a partial amputation of the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Boring, routing, notching machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high