Incident date: 2017-05-05
NAICS industry code: 331492

An employee was replacing a belt on a motor fan assembly when his right index finger was caught between the belt and the pulley, amputating the fingertip tip to the first knuckle. The belt was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high