Incident date: 2022-04-11
NAICS industry code: 424480

An employee was using a disc sander on a square piece of metal. The force of the disc sander pushed the metal piece down to the work table causing the employee's right thumb to be caught between the metal piece and the sanding disc. The employee's thumb tip was partially 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