Incident date: 2018-12-18
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating a table top drill press drilling one-inch holes into a plastic part. The plastic part became stuck on the drill bit and spun. The employee's gloved right hand was tangled in the rotating chuck resulting in amputation of the index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high