Incident date: 2024-07-05
NAICS industry code: 336111

On July 5, 2024, at around 9:00 PM, an employee was changing a grinding wheel using a lifting device. He manually lifted the wheel to situate it in the lifting device, and when it fell into place his left middle finger became pinched between the wheel and the lifting device. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Machine and tool parts, accessories  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high