Incident date: 2015-02-27
NAICS industry code: 332919

Employee was polishing stem using two feet of polishing cloth when the cloth and the employee's glove got caught in the rotating stem. The employee's left hand was pulled into the stem, resulting in a left thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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