Incident date: 2019-06-03
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was sanding plates on a sander when his left hand was caught between the material and the sander wheel as it was rotating. The employee received stitches on the ring and index fingers and amputated the middle finger at the first knuckle.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high