Incident date: 2016-02-01
NAICS industry code: 336370

On February 1, 2016, an employee was unloading parts from a conveyor when the conveyor stopped because a part was stuck upstream. The employee attempted to retrieve the part when a piece of steel began to index, got caught, and pinched her finger. Her right thumb was amputated.

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