Incident date: 2023-10-14
NAICS industry code: 311513

On October 14, 2023, employee 2 was moving a conveyor for cleaning. The conveyor had become stuck on a deflection tray of a slicing machine. As employee 2 was pulling the conveyor away, the injured employee went to move the deflection tray out of the way when their right fifth finger became caught between the tray and the side of the conveyor, resulting in partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high