Incident date: 2022-01-19
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was troubleshooting a trim weigh conveyor scale on a line. A sensor was triggered and the employee's left little finger got caught in the pulley and pulled into the sprocket, resulting in amputation.

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