Incident date: 2018-10-06
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was checking the alignment and tightness of ventilation system drive belts. A belt snagged the employee's glove, pulling the employee's hand into the machinery. The employee suffered multiple fractures, including an open fracture/fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high