Incident date: 2021-04-14
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was installing v-belts on a set of rolls on a rolling table that was isolated at the time. The employee was using a pipe wrench to manually turn the rolls so that the v-belt could be installed when his left finger became caught in the nip point of the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high