Incident date: 2018-03-06
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was moving an electric motor on a shelving unit when the motor began to roll. The employee tried to stop the motor from rolling by placing a wedge under the motor and got his finger caught between the motor and the shelving unit resulting in amputation of an index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Motors other than vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high