Incident date: 2022-04-11
NAICS industry code: 512110

An employee was sanding a piece of metal on a disc sander. The sanding wheel pulled on the piece of metal, causing it to get stuck and pull the employee's hand up against the machine resulting in a partial amputation of their left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high