Incident date: 2016-11-29
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was de-burring a piece of sheet metal with a belt sander when either the belt sander pulled the sheet metal or the sheet metal slipped and amputated the top of the employee's right thumb from the knuckle to the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Sheet metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high