Incident date: 2017-10-30
NAICS industry code: 323111

An employee was responding to a machine which was not functioning. The employee pulled the drive belt to move the mechanism and the equipment started, pinching and amputating the employee's right thumb between the belt and pulley.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high