Incident date: 2020-12-03
NAICS industry code: 332322

While an employee was deburring a plate, the plate got caught between the spinning disc and the machine table, cutting the employee's thumb and pushing it toward the spinning disc. The employee's thumb was then pinched between the plate and disc, leading to an amputation of the thumb tip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high