Incident date: 2024-03-09
NAICS industry code: 493110

On March 9, 2024, an employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt. The employee was lubricating the chain and sprocket of the drive and got excess lubricant on the backside of the conveyor. As he removed the excess lubricant with a rag, the rag was caught in the chain and sprocket pulling part of his right hand into the gears. His little  finger was amputated at the first knuckle, his ring finger was fractured and required sutures, and his middle fingertip was broken and also required sutures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high