Incident date: 2017-03-20
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was cleaning a discharge chain on a conveyor when his thumb was caught in the chain, amputating his right thumb nail and bone. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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