Incident date: 2022-06-20
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was changing the belt on a concrete hopper. The employee attempted to relieve the pressure on the belt and pulley during the changeout when their right index finger got pinched by the pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high