Incident date: 2017-09-01
NAICS industry code: 326130

An employee was manually rotating the blades of a grinder machine to clear plastic out of it after a power outage when the blades partially amputated his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high