Incident date: 2016-11-01
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was operating a feed mill grinder when a belt started slipping. As he was checking the belt, the machine energized and pulled his right middle finger in, pinching it between the belt and pulley and amputating his fingertip. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high