Incident date: 2015-10-23
NAICS industry code: 332312

The employee was resting his hand on a piece of equipment while preparing to calibrate it. He turned to his right and his left little finger and glove were caught in the belt mount of the equipment. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation with no bone loss. The bone was fractured at the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high