Incident date: 2020-10-17
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was performing maintenance on a drum at an asphalt plant. The drum was activated while the employee was turning by hand, causing the employee's fingers to be caught in a V-belt pulley. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high