Incident date: 2021-03-25
NAICS industry code: 811192

An employee was repairing a water pump in a car wash. The pump was energized and actuated when a car entered the car wash tunnel. The worker's right hand was caught in the belt/pulley system, resulting in three partial finger amputations on the right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Car or vehicle washing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high