Incident date: 2024-10-04
NAICS industry code: 332811

An employee was deburring a metal part when their left thumb was caught between the metal piece and the disc grinder and lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate