Incident date: 2019-12-21
NAICS industry code: 713290

An employee was changing the belt on a machine that was powered down when his gloves became caught in between the belt and the pulley, resulting in a partial right thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high