Incident date: 2019-05-03
NAICS industry code: 452112

An employee was manually unfolding the chute (wing) on a fast loader machine (sorting conveyor), so boxes could be removed from a semi-trailer and sorted into individual department carts. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between a hinge and partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high