Incident date: 2017-01-11
NAICS industry code: 322212

An employee was operating the waste chopper. The auger of the waste chopper is driven by two belts that are on a single wheel/sprocket; the belts and the motor that drives them are locked in a cabinet. As the employee was accessing the cabinet to retrieve a tool, his right thumb was caught in a pinch point between the belt and pulley, resulting in amputation. The machine was running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high