Incident date: 2015-04-13
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was replacing a belt on a conveyor system with his hand inside the cover to pull the belt. Another employee pushed a button to jog the conveyor. Three of the injured employee's fingers were pulled into the in-running nip point. His little finger was surgically amputated.

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