Incident date: 2023-10-26
NAICS industry code: 331420

An employee was checking cable wires and went to place a cable back on the belt. When the employee pulled the cable, his right thumb got caught between the cable and the belt, resulting in an amputation to the distal phalanx. A guard was in place on the capstan door at the time.

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