Incident date: 2024-06-08
NAICS industry code: 424690

An employee was replacing the belt on a pulley drive system and checking the tension when their right little finger became caught in the mechanical drive. The employee sustained an amputation to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high