Incident date: 2022-04-27
NAICS industry code: 327215

An employee was troubleshooting a belt and pulley system on a furnace. As the employee checked the tension on the belt, their fingers were pulled into the pulley, resulting in amputation of three fingertips. The belt and pulley system was not locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high