Incident date: 2025-01-30
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was reinstalling an idler machine. He went to tighten the bolt that holds the idler on and the machine started due to a sensor reading the movement. His right little finger was caught in the drive belt and the distal phalanx was amputated.

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