Incident date: 2024-06-21
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was using a belt sander to file down a small flat bracket for a turn table fixture. The employee was holding the bracket with pliers and the belt pulled the part down. When the part was pulled down, the employee's glove was pulled into the belt and the belt sander caused a partial distal amputation of the right thumb.

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