Incident date: 2024-03-05
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee was using a disc grinder on a part when the part got caught between the guard and the grinder. His thumb got pulled in between the part and the grinder crushing and amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high