Incident date: 2018-08-25
NAICS industry code: 339112

An employee was using a rag to lubricate a pulley when the rag was caught in the pulley chain, resulting in his finger being caught between the pulley chain and conveyor wheel/gear. His right index finger was partially amputated. The pulley was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high