Incident date: 2017-10-24
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was working at a stationary grinding machine to grind off the top layer of a conveyor belt. The employee was wiping debris off the top of the conveyor belt as it came out of the grinding wheel when the employee's right index finger came in contact with the grinding wheel, amputating the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high