Incident date: 2016-12-14
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was using a hand grinder with a wire wheel to buff the side rail of a panel form when the wheel grabbed a piece of tie wire and whipped it around. The wheel hit and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high