Incident date: 2020-09-20
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was performing maintenance on a baggage belt and was using a towel to clean the belt. The belt pulled the towel and the employee's left hand into the belt. His left middle finger was caught in the chain and sprocket and amputated.

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