Incident date: 2024-10-29
NAICS industry code: 561990

On October 29, 2024, an employee was unbinding a belt on a power take-off (PTO) driven paper shredder when the PTO started turning the pulleys. The employee's hand was caught in the belt drive, resulting in a finger amputation and a partial finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Trash compactors, shredders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high