Incident date: 2025-06-03
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was lowering a belt guard back onto a pumping unit when their left thumb was caught between the guard and the pumping motor. The employee sustained an amputation of the thumb at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Machine guards
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high