Incident date: 2017-12-19
NAICS industry code: 311352

The employee was de-burring a stainless steel plate with a belt sander, lost control of the plate and contacted the belt sander resulting in a thumb tip avulsion that was subsequently surgically removed.  There was no bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sanders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high