Incident date: 2022-06-09
NAICS industry code: 311421

An employee was wiping down the discharge belt of the trash conveyor when her rag was pulled into the machine. While retrieving the rag, the employee's hand was pulled into a pulley and became lodged in the conveyor resulting in a thumb amputation.

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