Incident date: 2024-02-15
NAICS industry code: 322222

An employee was grinding a burr off a piece of stainless steel using a 12-inch stationary disc sander when his right thumb contacted the sanding disc, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Sanding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high