Incident date: 2015-09-23
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was monitoring the process of balancing two cooling fans. The fan guard had been removed for this process. The employee grabbed the belt of the fan, which was not turned on at the time, and the force coming from the adjacent fan caused it to rotate. The employee's hand got caught between the belt and pulley, amputating his right pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Drives-chain, leather, fabric, vee belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high