Incident date: 2025-05-28
NAICS industry code: 423490

An employee was using an angle grinder to clean a weld. The employee's glove was caught by the grinding wheel and pulled their left index finger into the grinding wheel. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Grinders  handtool
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high