Incident date: 2019-10-09
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was grinding a piece of copper on a disc sander when his glove was caught between the sander belt, pulling his right thumb into the sander operation area and resulting in the amputation of his right thumb tip. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high