Incident date: 2016-09-20
NAICS industry code: 327121

A lead person was adjusting the edge grinder. An employee walked to the back of the machine and placed his hand on the end of an adjustment rod sticking out of a pneumatic cylinder. The lead did not realize the employee's hand was on the rod, so he actuated the machine to test his adjustments. The employee's left index finger was then  pinched and amputated between the cylinder housing and the rod end stop.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high