Incident date: 2023-10-02
NAICS industry code: 332710

Employees were using a wrench to unthread the coupler of the air cylinder for the kicker of an in-feed conveyor. An employee's ring finger was crushed between the kicker and a steel rail resulting in a partial amputation that was later reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high