Incident date: 2016-09-16
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was attempting to install a belt on a pulley system on a PVC mixer machine when his finger was caught between the pulley and the belt, amputating his pinky finger above the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high