Incident date: 2022-07-25
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was performing production work on a tapping machine when their left index finger was lacerated by the bit (a 4-flute plug style tap). The employee's finger was surgically amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Threading and tapping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high