Incident date: 2019-07-21
NAICS industry code: 452111

An employee was doing preventative maintenance on a conveyor motor. The employee was using a rag to wipe off excess lubricant from the motor's housing when their right hand became caught in the sprocket and chain on the motor resulting in the right index finger being amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high