Incident date: 2023-06-21
NAICS industry code: 484121

On June 21, 2023, at approximately 11:45 a.m., an employee climbed a dock plate at a customer site to avoid heavy rain. While reaching with his left hand to support his footing, his gloved left hand contacted a powered conveyor chain that was next to the dock area. His left ring fingertip was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high