Incident date: 2021-12-03
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was preforming a boring operation on an aircraft part. Following a machine setup procedure, the employee initiated the milling cycle and simultaneously identified a cylinder-shaped calibration tool left in the boring axis. The employee was attempting to prevent the spinning drill bit from coming in contact with the calibration tool when his left middle finger became caught between the spinning parts, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate