Incident date: 2019-07-26
NAICS industry code: 811111

On July 26, 2019, a technician was installing a short belt to circumvent the air conditioning system in the engine compartment of a truck. The employee's right second and third fingers got caught between a pulley and drive belt resulting in partial amputations at the first joints.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high