Incident date: 2023-10-17
NAICS industry code: 337127

On October 17, 2023, at 4:20 p.m., an employee and two co-workers were repairing a bearing located on the belt of a dust collector. The employee was manually rotating the belts to investigate the bearings when his left ring and middle fingers were caught between the belts and a pulley. The employee suffered amputations to both fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high