Incident date: 2024-06-18
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was using a grinding wheel to round the sharp edges of a 3/8-inch steel plate when their right thumb was pulled between the wheel and its rest, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high