Incident date: 2015-03-25
NAICS industry code: 311520

An employee placed her hand in a screw conveyor to remove a jam. The conveyor was still operational and amputated her fingertip below the fingernail. Two parts of the machine were shut off and a guard or two were removed at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high