Incident date: 2021-12-22
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a bench grinder to grind a bevel on a tail piece used in a spike machine. The tail piece got caught and was pulled down to the part rest, causing the employee's right thumb to be pulled into the grinding disc pad. The thumb tip 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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high