Incident date: 2018-08-31
NAICS industry code: 331512

An employee was grinding a casting using a 20-inch face-front grinding wheel when the employee's finger was pinched at the bottom of the wheel on the seal plate, resulting in an amputation.

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), unspecified
severity: high