Incident date: 2024-01-16
NAICS industry code: 447190

An employee was cutting a piece of metal with a handheld grinder when the blade kicked back and cut off the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Grinders  handtool
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high