Incident date: 2019-05-30
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was grinding a steel part on a stand-up grinder. While he was putting the part into the grinder and turning it, the wheel grabbed the part and then his gloved hand. His right thumb was ground down to the first knuckle.

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