Incident date: 2022-08-12
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was moving a belt back and forth to free up a stuck motor. The belt tension loosened, allowing the belt to move back, catching the employee's finger in the belt pulley. They sustained a left thumb tip amputation.

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