Incident date: 2023-01-25
NAICS industry code: 326212

An employee was working on a malfunctioning pneumatic arm that grabbed tire tread and pulled it onto a conveyor belt. While the employee was investigating the malfunction, the employee's right little finger was caught in a pinch point on the arm. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high