Incident date: 2025-02-01
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was beveling the edge of a piece of metal on a pedestal grinder when their finger became caught between the disc and the guard. The employee sustained an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high