Incident date: 2018-02-23
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was setting up a three-stand mill machine. As he placed his right hand on the block, his left hand pressed the jog forward button instead of the tension off button, causing the block to rotate counterclockwise and amputate his right middle and ring fingertips. The jog button was unguarded at the time.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high