Incident date: 2023-12-06
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was attempting to change the knives of a tub grinder when his left index finger was caught between the shaft's end and a grinding knife. The employee's finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high