Incident date: 2025-01-31
NAICS industry code: 326160

An employee was performing maintenance on a grinder and checking the tension of the drive belt when their left hand was pulled into the in-running nip point between the belt and the pulley. The employee sustained the amputation of their left index, middle and ring fingers as well as the little fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high