Incident date: 2019-11-13
NAICS industry code: 713920

An employee was sanding the pulleys on a ski lift when the employee's hand was pinched between a pulley and the drive belt, amputating the right hand. The employee's head also struck the upper pulley, causing head lacerations and the loss of teeth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Ski lifts, gondola rides
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high