Incident date: 2016-09-17
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was using a vertical belt sander to deburr a piece of metal. The metal became caught between the sanding belt and a tool rest, which pulled his thumb into the belt behind the tool rest and amputated his left thumb tip. The sander was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high