Incident date: 2016-07-21
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was drilling holes in a part using a Bridgeport mill.  The part moved in the vice and the employee reached in to re-secure the part while the machine was running.  A burr or the drill bit snagged his glove pulling his thumb into the drill bit and causing a partial amputation of the left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Milling machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high