Incident date: 2016-08-05
NAICS industry code: 561431

An employee was raising the safety rail on the conveyor and holding onto the vertical support rail. His left middle finger was caught in the hinge amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high