Incident date: 2021-02-11
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was observing a wood chipper. A log cutoff was jammed in the conveyor belt coming from the merchandiser to the chipper. While working to free the jam, the employee's finger got caught between the log and the side of the conveyor. His left ring finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high