Incident date: 2016-05-09
NAICS industry code: 424480

An employee was lifting a platform for cleaning. The chain that connects the platform to the conveyor belt that feeds tomatoes into the wash sink broke causing the platform to fall and sever his right thumb in multiple locations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high