Incident date: 2017-04-30
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee and two coworkers were manually tensioning a belt on a belt drive when his left thumb was pulled into the in-running nip point created between the belt and the sieve, amputating his thumb above the first knuckle. He was wearing leather gloves at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high