Incident date: 2023-01-05
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was measuring the thickness of boards on a conveyor belt. As the employee reached for a board, their hand was pulled into the conveyor belt, resulting in a fractured index finger that required hospitalization and surgery, as well as bruises to additional fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate