Incident date: 2022-02-22
NAICS industry code: 311211

An employee was checking the tension on a chain drive for a conveyor belt. The employee's glove caught on the chain, which snagged the employee's right ring finger. The first joint of the fingertip was amputated.

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