Incident date: 2023-04-20
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was cleaning and maintaining the outfeed waste conveyors when their right hand was caught in the drive chain. The employee sustained an index fingertip amputation, a laceration to the middle finger, and a ring finger subungual hematoma and non-displaced fracture.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high