Incident date: 2024-03-28
NAICS industry code: 311812

Employees were troubleshooting a conveyor roller. The injured employee used a pry bar to put tension on the chain and sprocket to see if that was the issue. While checking to see if there was tension back on the chain, their hand was caught in it resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high