Incident date: 2018-06-04
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was installing a new side head grinder on a planer machine. He was attempting to straighten the alignment of the machine's lifting shaft when the grinder freed from its position, dropped, and trapped the employee's left middle finger between the lifting shaft and a bolt head. His left middle finger was crushed, and the end joint was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high