Incident date: 2020-02-20
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was working on the vertical slide of a sub-arc. The motor bolts were loosened and as the employee pushed on the motor to adjust the tension on the belt, the slide dropped down and pinched the employee's thumb, amputating it to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high