Incident date: 2024-11-08
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a conveyor belt when their left thumb tip was caught by the belt's chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation. The conveyor belt was not deenergized 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