Incident date: 2024-09-17
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was lubricating a tabletop conveyor chain when his right index and middle fingers became caught between the rotating chain and he suffered an open fracture and a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high