Incident date: 2015-05-19
NAICS industry code: 424480

An employee was replacing a belt on a conveyor when a coworker energized the conveyor. The employee's hand got caught between the drive chain and the sprocket, amputating the first and second fingers of the right hand down to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high