Incident date: 2016-04-09
NAICS industry code: 238290

On April 9, 2016, an employee was sanding a metal part using a stand-alone upright disc sander when the rotating sander part grabbed the metal part and the employee's gloved left thumb. The employee's thumb tip was amputated.

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