Incident date: 2025-01-30
NAICS industry code: 311999

On January 30, 2025, an employee was lubricating a chain on a powered conveyor belt when their right hand was caught in the chain and sprocket. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated.

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