Incident date: 2016-11-22
NAICS industry code: 333512

An employee was dressing a grinding wheel with a rag when the rag became caught in the wheel. The employee's left hand was then pulled into the grinding wheel, amputating the index finger and lacerating the third, fourth, and fifth fingers.

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