Incident date: 2016-01-19
NAICS industry code: 811111

An employee was attempting to repair a carrier truck. When checking the slippage on the alternator belt, the system started and pulled the employee's right thumb through the pulley resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high