Incident date: 2021-04-27
NAICS industry code: 331524

On April 27, 2021, an employee was belt-grinding an aluminum casting when the casting's weight and momentum crushed the employee's left ring finger against a metal cart. The finger was severely lacerated and broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate