Incident date: 2019-10-15
NAICS industry code: 333922

An employee was changing the sandpaper on a disk sander with a 3-inch putty knife. The sander kicked back, causing the putty knife to slip and amputate the employee's left index finger at the middle joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high