Incident date: 2018-05-29
NAICS industry code: 322220

An employee was troubleshooting a sewing machine's feeder belt that was not moving when his right ring and middle fingers went between the belt and the pulley and the machine started, amputating his right ring fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sewing, stitching machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high