Incident date: 2015-10-11
NAICS industry code: 424490

A sanitation employee was working on a steel ladder cleaning the outside of a conveyor frame. The employee slipped while working on the steel ladder and his right hand got caught in the running chain and sprocket. His right hand index and middle fingers were severed. The injured employee was transported to the hospital for treatment.

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