Incident date: 2019-07-23
NAICS industry code: 333243

An employee had changed out belts/sheaves on fan motors for a dry kiln machine. While the employee was manually turning the belt to test the tension, his left index finger got caught between the belt and a sheave and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Kilns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high