Incident date: 2017-02-21
NAICS industry code: 621511

An employee was performing maintenance on a roll-on ball dispensing machine. He was wiping the machine with a towel when his finger was pulled into the machine and was crushed between the drive pulley and belt. His left index fingertip was amputated. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

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