Incident date: 2017-10-31
NAICS industry code: 812332

On 10/31/2017, an employee was installing a new belt on an industrial washer. The employee had energized the industrial washer to adjust the belt's tightness and alignment when his right hand was caught in the ingoing nip point of the belt and pulley, injuring his hand and amputating four fingers.

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