Incident date: 2023-04-04
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a V-belt conveyor drive motor. The motor chain pulled the employee's rag and right hand into the chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high