Incident date: 2017-02-28
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was de-burring a piece of flat steel on the abrasive disc sander when his hand was pulled in behind the tool rest, trapping his left thumb between the piece of steel and the abrasive disc. The top of his left thumb was sanded down to the bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate