Incident date: 2017-06-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was cleaning/vacuuming a re-grinder when the employee's left middle finger came into contact with the moving scrapper/paddle and was amputated. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high