Incident date: 2018-12-08
NAICS industry code: 425110

An employee was grinding castings on a large snag grinder. The part slipped and the employee's fingertip contacted the grinding wheel resulting in a severe abrasion requiring a surgical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high