Incident date: 2015-04-01
NAICS industry code: 326299

An employee was using a grinding wheel on an engine lathe to grind a roller into specifications. The employee reached around a guard to adjust a belt. The grinding wheel caught the employee's right index finger, amputating the first joint.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high