Incident date: 2022-10-21
NAICS industry code: 332613

An employee was using a grinding machine to grind a metal bar. The part he was grinding flew out of the machine and the employee's right thumb was pulled into the grinder. The employee was hospitalized; his right thumb was later amputated.

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