Incident date: 2017-10-16
NAICS industry code: 561311

A temporary employee was attempting to reset a safety roller in the housing of a conveyor when the conveyor belt caught the roller and pushed it into another roller, creating a pinch point. The employee's left ring fingertip was then caught in the pinch point and amputated.

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