Incident date: 2023-05-09
NAICS industry code: 213112

Two employees were completing a post-job inspection of a centrifuge. One employee rotated the centrifuge rotating assembly to test if it could be turned by hand. The injured employee went to stop the rotating assembly when their left little finger was caught between the belt and pulley system. The employee sustained an open, non-displaced distal phalanx fracture and a fingertip amputation to the left little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Centrifuges
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high