Incident date: 2024-01-10
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was checking the tension of a belt and pulley on a drawing machine when their left hand was pulled into the machine and their fingers were caught in the belt. The employee's index and middle fingers were amputated to the first joint, their ring finger was amputated to the nail bed, and their little finger was fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high