Incident date: 2022-07-16
NAICS industry code: 311811

An employee was changing the drive belt on a deenergized cooling tower. While moving the belt manually, the employee's little finger became pinched between the belt and a motor pulley. The employee sustained amputation to the finger.

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