Incident date: 2023-01-18
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating a milling machine to fabricate parts. Swarf accumulated on the cutting surface. As the employee cleared the metal shavings, the rotating blade on the machine caught their left ring finger, resulting in a soft tissue fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Milling machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high