Incident date: 2019-11-01
NAICS industry code: 811198

On October 27, 2019, at about 7:45 a.m., an employee was trying to get a power washer to turn over. The employee was testing the battery and solenoid when the motor moved and caught the employee's left ring finger in the belt, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Power washers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high