Incident date: 2016-07-05
NAICS industry code: 115112

An employee was helping a millwright remove a backstop from the grain leg of a silo when the employee's left thumb was partially amputated by a de-energized belt and pulley that moved due to the weight of the product in the cups on top of it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-bucket, cup
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high