Incident date: 2018-02-05
NAICS industry code: 339920

An employee noticed a belt guard was off-center and was attempting to move the guard when his fingers wrapped around the back of the guard, coming into contact with the pinch point of the belt and pulley. His left index fingertip was amputated.

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