Incident date: 2023-06-29
NAICS industry code: 331420

An employee was working at the furnace conveyor line when the guard was knocked off the machine. The employee went to retrieve the metal guard and his right-hand fingers contacted the rotating chain, resulting in two fingertip amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high