Incident date: 2018-12-06
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was using sandpaper strips to polish a part on a rotating parts polishing machine. The employee's gloved hand was caught by the sand paper and was drawn into the machine resulting in the amputation of the right index finger up to the second knuckle.

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