Incident date: 2017-01-11
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was moving warped metal from one conveyor to another when a faulty control switch caused a retractable conveyor to extend and pinch the employee's finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high