Incident date: 2022-02-02
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee was grabbing and loading boards off a conveyor and onto a cart. After loading a board onto the cart, the employee turned to grab another board when their right hand was caught between a pusher piece on the conveyor and the metal frame of the conveyor, resulting in a surgical amputation of their index fingertip.

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