Incident date: 2023-03-18
NAICS industry code: 311412

A maintenance employee changed the belt on the drive chain on a slicer machine and was kneeling to visually observe the rotation of the belt. As the employee stood up, their left hand made contact with the in-running nip point created by the belt and pulley. The employee's left middle finger was amputated to the cuticle of the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high