Incident date: 2024-02-17
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was adjusting the chain and sprocket on the conveyor belt of an injection mold machine. As the employee was checking the chain's alignment, his right middle finger got caught between the sprocket and chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The conveyor was running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high