Incident date: 2023-09-23
NAICS industry code: 326130

An maintenance employee was checking the belt tension on a machine when their right ring finger got caught in the feed belt and the belt pulley. The employee suffered a finger amputation down to the first knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident, but was not locked out/tagged out.

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