Incident date: 2017-09-05
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was using a wrench to adjust a bolt on a conveyor belt when he came in contact with the geared conveyance system, which pulled the wrench away from his hand. His right middle finger was in a circular opening of the wrench handle. When the wrench pulled away, it amputated his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high