Incident date: 2019-12-31
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was manufacturing a de-panner using a handheld grinder. The grinder's wheel exploded, lacerating his right middle finger and ring finger. The middle finger was medically amputated at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object breaking in hand
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high