Incident date: 2016-12-22
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was performing maintenance work using a grinder when their left thumb contacted the grinding wheel resulting in an amputation injury.

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