Incident date: 2025-08-31
NAICS industry code: 722513

An employee was working with a golf ball washer machine. He was cleaning a belt on the side of the machine using a sponge. The sponge got caught by the rotating belt and was pulled in. The employee's right hand was pulled in as well and he sustained an amputation to a finger below the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high