Incident date: 2024-01-13
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was putting a belt on a pulley on the label machine when his left hand got caught between the rotating pulley and belt, resulting in amputations of the ring finger to the first knuckle as well as the tip of the middle finger. The pulley was guarded and in operation at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Product labeling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high