Incident date: 2017-11-12
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was moving a metal staircase away from an in-feed conveyor when his thumb was caught between the metal staircase and the guard/control box on the conveyor resulting in an amputation injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high