Incident date: 2022-08-15
NAICS industry code: 115112

A portable conveyor system was being used to dump compost into a receptacle. An employee was clearing a jam from a chain and sprocket assembly on the conveyor system when the chain and sprocket caused an amputation to the employee's finger. The assembly was unguarded at the time.

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), unspecified
severity: high