Incident date: 2021-11-29
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was using a floor mounted pedestal grinder to resurface a steel wedge. During the process, the employee's hand contacted the surface of the spinning abrasive wheel, causing an avulsion injury to the tip of their right index finger. The employee's distal phalange was later amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high