Incident date: 2019-08-05
NAICS industry code: 327420

Two employees were removing a motor from an overhead bracket and turned to lower it to the floor. As they were lowering it, one of the employees had his left middle finger caught and crushed between the motor and a 12-inch chute. The employee sustained amputation of the distal phalanx.

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