Incident date: 2015-10-01
NAICS industry code: 8111

An employee was working on the timing belt under a vehicle when a coworker came and turned on the vehicle. Once the vehicle was turned on, the belt system trapped the employee's left index finger and amputated the distal knuckle.

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