Incident date: 2017-10-04
NAICS industry code: 331421

An employee was using a polishing machine to sand down a steel rod when his left hand was caught in the rotating sand paper, amputating his pinky finger at the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high