Incident date: 2024-11-10
NAICS industry code: 331314

An employee was machining a trunnion using a grinding rig when their left hand was caught between the grinding stone and the trunnion, resulting in fractures to the middle, ring, and little fingers, as well as severe damage to the skin and amputations of the middle and ring fingers to the distal knuckle.

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: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high