Incident date: 2017-07-31
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder using a handheld grinder to grind the sidewall inside of a rail car. The guard on the grinder slipped and the grinder wheel fell off striking the employee's index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high