Incident date: 2023-09-03
NAICS industry code: 452910

On September 3, 2023, an employee was walking the line and heard a noise coming from a conveyor. He went to check the tension when his glove got caught on the sprocket on the tensioner and his left hand was pulled into the machine. The tip of his thumb was amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high