Incident date: 2019-04-17
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee using an air nozzle to blow out a grinder sustained a finger amputation when the grinder energized and the shredding wheel pulled the air nozzle and the employee's hand toward the wheel.

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