Incident date: 2017-09-06
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was troubleshooting a squeaky motor in a paint room booth. He was pulling the belt with his right hand to make the shaft and motor move. His right middle fingertip was then caught between the belt and pulley. When he attempted to pull his finger out, his fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high