Incident date: 2021-01-20
NAICS industry code: 335921

An employee was standing near an oscillator unit while maintenance was being performed on it. The oscillator's belt made a forward motion and the employee's left hand was pinched between the belt and the belt wheel. The employee suffered a hand laceration and amputation of the left middle finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high