Incident date: 2015-03-17
NAICS industry code: 335929

An employee was placing wire on a sheave with his gloved left hand. His glove was pulled between the tension belt and the sheave, causing his left thumb to be cut to the bone. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate