Incident date: 2025-03-28
NAICS industry code: 237310

On March 28, 2025, an employee working as a machine operator was changing the teeth on a milling drum. He was using the tooth extractor when his left index finger became caught between the drum and the extractor. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Handtools  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high