Incident date: 2022-03-31
NAICS industry code: 311212

An employee was installing a belt on two freely rotating pulleys on an extrusion dryer. The employee's left middle and ring fingers were caught between the belt and a pulley and were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high