Incident date: 2019-07-30
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was leaning against a sod harvester machine when his right thumb got caught between the conveyor belt and the pulley causing the amputation of the thumb from the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Harvesters, reapers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high