Incident date: 2017-02-23
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was operating an electric-powered ride-on sweeper. When the employee raised the seat to gain access to a brush belt and pulley assembly, the employee's thumb tip was caught and amputated between the belt and pulley.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high