Incident date: 2024-12-30
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was troubleshooting a grinder machine. His left hand slipped off the level as he was cleaning it and contacted the rotating grinding wheel. His hand was pulled into the wheel and he sustained a severe laceration to the back of the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate