Incident date: 2017-11-10
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was using a 4.5-inch handheld grinder to grind a concrete form when the employee's right glove was caught in the grinder. The employee suffered a laceration involving a tiny portion of flesh that was amputated from the right pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high