Incident date: 2018-04-25
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was helping to load a conveyor during a new equipment startup. His left hand was on top of the conveyor enclosure with his thumb near the door rail track bearing when the operator actuated the equipment's door closure switch. The door then came down on and partially amputated the employee's left thumb.

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