Incident date: 2020-09-21
NAICS industry code: 112310

An employee was inspecting the insulation of a drag conveyor when a piece of angle iron fell into an opening in the housing. The drag conveyor then contacted the angle iron causing it to strike an employee's left thumb. The employee's thumb sustained a deep laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Angle irons
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate