Incident date: 2023-12-07
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was working to transfer fly ash from a railcar using a mobile conveyor unit. He was moving the conveyor into position when his left hand was caught in the conveyor system. Four fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high