Incident date: 2017-05-02
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was installing a mixer with a coworker. His right hand was inside the pulley assembly, attempting to get the cable back on the pulley, when the up/down air lifter was actuated to relieve tension on the cable. The mixer then came down and amputated his right index fingertip between the knuckle and the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high