Incident date: 2019-05-16
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was addressing an alignment issue with the metal trim at the end of the conveyor. After making the adjustment, the employee's right hand was caught in the moving conveyor belt. The employee's pinky finger was fractured and dislocated. The employee also sustained a laceration from the mid-pinky to the middle of his right palm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate