Incident date: 2016-01-18
NAICS industry code: 332116

An employee sustained a partial amputation of his left thumb while sanding a part using a hand held disc sander.  The part grabbed and pulled his thumb into the disc causing the amputation.

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