Incident date: 2024-07-11
NAICS industry code: 331529

At 11:49 p.m. on July 11, 2024, an employee was sanding/grinding a circular aluminum casting on a belt sander/grinder. The casting slipped, and the employee's left thumb came in contact with the edge of the belt. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high