Incident date: 2022-04-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using a bench grinder to grind off burrs from steel fabrication. The employee turned the steel on an angle and the grinder pulled the steel shank along with the employee's finger into the grinding wheel. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

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