Incident date: 2017-03-22
NAICS industry code: 321114

An employee was standing at the end of a conveyor catching long crossouts to be bundled. A crossout landed on the frame of the conveyor rather than falling off the end of the conveyor belt. The employee's left middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the crossout and conveyor frame.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high