Incident date: 2015-07-11
NAICS industry code: 333111

A maintenance employee was assisting another maintenance employee in repairing/replacing a belt on a dryer fan.  He was checking the tension of the belt while the machine was slowing down after being shut down and caught his left hand in the pulley amputating the left thumb tip approximately half way down into the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high