Incident date: 2023-11-01
NAICS industry code: 327991

An employee was about to switch a full hopper with an empty one on a scrap conveyor. He noticed an overfilled hopper and began to remove tiles from it. His right hand was caught in the belt of the conveyor, and he suffered an amputation to the ring finger at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high