Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was clearing shredded plastic out of a grinder. While the equipment was locked out, the employee pushed the blade to clear out more plastic and his finger became caught between the blade and edge of the grinder, resulting in a partial amputation of his left pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high