Incident date: 2024-09-20
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was operating a belt-driven pack out machine and was checking to see if the resin was plugging up the system. The employee's left hand got caught in the belt and pulley, resulting in fractures to all five fingers and an amputation of the ring finger at the second knuckle. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate