Incident date: 2018-06-18
NAICS industry code: 335911

An employee began picking up collapsed cardboard from a motor assembly cover next to a conveyor that was in the up lift gate position. His finger was caught next to the pivot point of the conveyor lift gate as it fell, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate