Incident date: 2021-02-09
NAICS industry code: 327993

An employee was fixing a jam in a conveyor when the motor was started and the employee's fingers were caught in the motor chain, resulting in amputation of two fingers and hospitalization. The motor guard was removed at the time of the incident.

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