Incident date: 2019-09-28
NAICS industry code: 333414

An employee was using a stand grinder to bevel a small piece of pipe in preparation for a welding test. The grinding wheel contacted his left middle finger resulting in a partial amputation.

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), unspecified
severity: high