Incident date: 2023-06-02
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was scrubbing and cleaning a conveyor belt. When he knelt down to scrub underneath the belt, his hand was caught between the belt and the turn sprocket. The employee's left middle finger was amputated.

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