Incident date: 2022-01-15
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was operating a table-mounted 20-inch disk sander. A steel bar (60 inches long, 2 inches wide, 1/4 inch thick) kicked upward toward the guard over the top of the sanding disk. The employee's left thumb was caught between the bar and the guard and partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high