Incident date: 2024-01-22
NAICS industry code: 713910

An employee was clearing the stuck pulley of the aerator. As the pulley became unstuck, the employee's right ring finger was caught in either the pulley or the blades of the aerator, amputating the fingertip. The machine was not locked or tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Tillage, planting, and cultivating machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high