Incident date: 2017-07-24
NAICS industry code: 332991

An employee was pushing a part into a grinder in the centerless grind area when the employee's left index finger came in contact with the grinding wheel. The finger had to be amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high