Incident date: 2020-09-24
NAICS industry code: 488999

The driver of a full-sized bus was replacing a set of drive belts that had broken/frayed while he was on route with a busload of passengers. While doing so, his hand was caught between the crank shaft pulley and a belt resulting in severe lacerations to fingers and a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Bus
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high