Incident date: 2022-02-09
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee had been operating a sandblaster. The employee was tapping a sifting screen to unclog the blast hose when the blade struck their left middle finger resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high