Incident date: 2016-10-21
NAICS industry code: 424210

An employee was attempting to remove a belt from a conveyor. He used a bar for leverage to remove the belt from the pulley. The motor was on at the time. As the motor caught the bar, it jerked him back and his hand made contact with the other belt, potentially amputating his left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high