Incident date: 2019-09-20
NAICS industry code: 311223

An employee was repairing the drive unit on a lint beater. The machine was reactivated and its belt caught the employee's right ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate