Incident date: 2016-06-01
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was investigating the cause of a mechanical malfunction on a centrifuge used to process waste water. While the employee was pulling on a belt and pulley mechanism, the weight of the belt crushed the employee's left index finger, requiring surgery and overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Centrifuges
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate