Incident date: 2019-11-22
NAICS industry code: 332216

An employee had unloaded the table of the surface grinder. The grinder was in the stop position as the employee used a hose and a rag to wipe the table for cleaning purposes. The employee's left hand went under the grinder's wheel. The employee sustained amputations to her left middle fingertip, and index finger.

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