Incident date: 2015-02-17
NAICS industry code: 423930

Employee had the tips of his left hand index and ring finger amputated. The employee was performing maintenance on an auger machine. He climbed onto the machine to reach a motor belt and pulley that was seven feet from the ground. He was turning the belt and pulley on the motor to see if it was working properly when another employee energized the auger causing his fingers to get caught by the nip point between the belt and pulley.

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