Incident date: 2017-08-09
NAICS industry code: 334516

An employee was adjusting a loose wing nut on a conveyor system rail when the employee's left hand entered a gap between the conveyor and a transfer plate. As the employee pulled the hand out, the left index fingertip was amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high