Incident date: 2022-07-13
NAICS industry code: 236210

A crew was replacing bearings and belts on a blower motor. Three belts on the shaft had been removed. An employee was reinstalling the belts between the motor and the blower when his right middle finger was caught between the belt and the pulley. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high