Incident date: 2015-01-15
NAICS industry code: 312111

Employee removed machine guards to check the bearings. The machine engaged and his finger was pinched between the ball gear and bearings. The finger was amputated below the finger nail first knuckle.

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