Incident date: 2017-07-18
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was removing wooden cleats from a top conveyor belt and tossing them onto a bottom belt when the employee's right thumb was caught between the bottom belt's chain and sprocket, amputating 3/4 of the right thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high