Incident date: 2021-12-03
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was kneeling next to a piece of equipment, having just finished a belt replacement on it. He grasped the belt with his right hand for help standing up, and the belt rotated. His thumb was pinned between the belt and the pulley and was amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high