Incident date: 2023-12-18
NAICS industry code: 336390

A maintenance employee was conducting repairs on the conveyor belt of an automatic palletizer. The employee's shirt fell in front of a sensor causing the equipment to energize. The employee's right middle finger was caught by chains within the conveyor belt motor resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high