Incident date: 2016-07-07
NAICS industry code: 423930

A maintenance employee was replacing a guard when the guard slipped. The corner of the guard caught the belt and pulled in his hand, amputating his right index fingertip. The machine was not shut down at the time of the incident.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high