Incident date: 2017-09-28
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was attempting to place a core plug onto a core of newly slit paper when the plug fell onto a running conveyor belt. As he attempted to retrieve the plug, the belt caught his finger and drew it into a pinch point, amputating his left middle fingertip to the first major knuckle.

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