Incident date: 2018-01-29
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee was grinding down a piece of metal using an orbital sander when the sander disc pulled the material down to the work table surface, causing his right thumb tip to be projected into the spinning (2,500 rpm) disc. His right thumb tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sanders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high