Incident date: 2024-02-08
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee and a mechanic were troubleshooting a conveyor machine. The employee pointed something out to the mechanic and his finger was pinched in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high