Incident date: 2024-05-06
NAICS industry code: 324121

On May 5, 2024, at 7:15 PM, an employee was using a pipe wrench to stop a conveyor belt from going backward when his left hand was crushed between the wrench and the conveyor holder. This resulted in medical amputation of their left middle finger.

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: moderate