Incident date: 2016-05-18
NAICS industry code: 337121

An employee suffered the amputation of two fingers and two fingertips on the right hand after attempting to clear a clogged grinder that is used to grind waste Dacron.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high