Incident date: 2025-05-14
NAICS industry code: 332919

An employee was manually pulling drive belts to rotate a machine that needed repair. The employee's right index finger was pinched between a rubber drive belt and a pulley, causing an amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high