Incident date: 2018-02-26
NAICS industry code: 332722

An employee was checking the belt tension on a machine when the employee's right-hand fingers were caught in the belt and pulley's nip point. The employee's right index finger had to be medically amputated. The machine had not come to a full stop at the time of the incident.

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