Incident date: 2024-06-18
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee went to grab a scrap of wood from a conveyor belt when his glove got caught on the chain, pulling his hand into the chain and sprocket. The employee suffered a partial amputation to his index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high