Incident date: 2024-07-14
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was performing maintenance on a chain drive for a conveyer belt motor. When the conveyor belt turned on, the chain drive contacted their left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The conveyor was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high