Incident date: 2025-05-16
NAICS industry code: 326199

On May 16, 2025, an employee was cleaning a grinder when their right thumb became caught between the rotors, amputating the tip of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high