Incident date: 2020-10-19
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was using a pedestal grinder to put an edge on the wedge of a pry bar. The part was pulled into the grinder and the employee's left pinky finger contacted the grinder wheel resulting in 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), unspecified
severity: high