Incident date: 2023-12-16
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was using a 4-inch angle grinder with the tool's tether wrapped around his left little finger to keep it out of the way. The tether got caught by the rotating grinder disc and pulled the employee's left little finger into the disc, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high