Incident date: 2024-08-30
NAICS industry code: 333249

An employee was grinding a machine part when her gloved fingertip was caught in the bench grinder, severing the tip. Her right index finger was amputated under the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high