Incident date: 2017-08-04
NAICS industry code: 238390

A temporary employee was tracking a conveyor belt in the process of its installation when his wrench slipped. His right index finger was then caught and amputated between the conveyor and the pulley. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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