Incident date: 2022-02-17
NAICS industry code: 326112

An employee was assessing a nonfunctioning overhead garage door motor. When he touched the belt to check its tension, it activated and his hand was pulled between the belt and a pulley. The distal tip of the employee's right second digit was amputated at the base of the nailbed.

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