Incident date: 2020-10-19
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was working on the empty tote conveyor. As he was putting a chain onto a sprocket, a box passed through a photo eye, triggering the conveyor.  The employee was caught by the sprocket and chain, sustaining the amputation of 1/8" of the left ring fingertip.

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