Incident date: 2024-12-04
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was replacing the conveyor belt on a roller press when his right index finger was caught between the belt and the steel pulley. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high