Incident date: 2019-12-10
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was operating a manual surface grinder and tried to move the diamond dressing tool with his right hand while the grinder wheel was running. His right index finger was caught in between the grinding wheel and the diamond dressing tool, resulting in a finger amputation.

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