Incident date: 2023-10-17
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee and a co-worker were repairing and replacing belts on a grinder. They were manually rotating the belt drive system to clear the grinder when the employee's left little finger got pinched between the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high