Incident date: 2015-06-24
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was operating a grinder to sharpen a 6-inch blade when his left thumb got caught in the running grinder. The top of the thumb, including bone, was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high