Incident date: 2024-01-08
NAICS industry code: 332112

An employee was grinding a part on a belt grinder when the part slipped and his left thumb was caught between the belt and the guard. The employee sustained an amputation involving loss of bone from the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high