Incident date: 2019-03-21
NAICS industry code: 332991

At 3:10 p.m. on March 21, 2019, an employee was trying to reset the gauge on an ID grinder. The parts loader cycled and pinched the employee's left index finger, causing an avulsion and later surgical amputation to the first knuckle.

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