Incident date: 2016-08-02
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was using a belt sander to remove burrs on a piece of sheet metal when his thumb became caught and partially amputated between the sander and sheet metal.

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