Incident date: 2023-01-13
NAICS industry code: 561320

A temporary employee was using a grinder to grind down stone on a wall when the wheel fell off and struck his face shield. The employee's left little finger was then pinched between the wall and the grinder, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high