Incident date: 2019-07-26
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was performing a tool change in an eight-spindle chucking machine. After completing the other seven spindles, he rotated the machine to the eighth spindle and pushed the stop button. The employee's left middle finger contacted a spindle before it had come to a complete stop resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high