Incident date: 2023-04-10
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was inspecting a conveyor chain and sprocket. The employee went to turn the motor off when the chain caught his rag and pulled his finger into the nip point between the chain and sprocket. The employee sustained a left index fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high