Incident date: 2022-12-06
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was operating a CNC machine. Upon placing a part onto a fixture in the machine, the hydraulic clamps caught the employee's thumb, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high