Incident date: 2022-04-20
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was running a self-feeding poly rod into a centerless grinder. A splash guard fell; as the employee was trying to catch it, his right ring finger was caught between the rod and the grinder and amputated.

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