Incident date: 2017-10-01
NAICS industry code: 423320

An employee was manually rotating an extruder machine's flywheel to align the hole with a pin. The flywheel rolled, and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the extruder's belt and pulley, amputating it just behind the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high