Incident date: 2018-08-17
NAICS industry code: 311811

An employee was standing alongside a conveyor placing pans on the belt when his left hand rested on a pneumatic rod that controls the tempo of production. The pneumatic rod retracted and caused an amputation to his left pinky finger. The rod was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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