Incident date: 2017-04-28
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was operating a spreader/sprayer machine to apply fertilizers and herbicides to turf. He was attempting to repair/replace a belt in the machine when his right hand was caught and pulled into its pulley system, amputating his index fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Spreading machinery-agricultural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high