Incident date: 2019-10-19
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was working on a sand conveyor, using the jog switch with a key interlock to run the belt up and down identifying bad bearings, as well as installing a cover. Power to the conveyor was turned on and it amputated the employee's left middle finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high