Incident date: 2019-02-12
NAICS industry code: 311119

A maintenance employee was removing a guard to check a pulley size on a drive when the motor came on and the guard caught on the pulley. The pulley spun and hit the tip of his right middle finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip and nail.

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