Incident date: 2015-07-15
NAICS industry code: 332996

The employee was sharpening a tool on a large bench grinder and his right thumb got caught in the grinder causing a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high