Incident date: 2022-10-08
NAICS industry code: 311421

An employee was using a palm grinder to round edges on a metal sheet. The grinder blade caught his cut-resistant glove, pulled in his right thumb, and partially amputated it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high