Incident date: 2024-01-29
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was operating a belt grinder/sander to remove slag from the edges of a steel part when the sanding belt contacted the employee's right ring finger and sanded through their protective gloves. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the distal joint and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Sanding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high