Incident date: 2017-11-16
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee used pliers to pull or adjust the drive belt on a conveyor belt. The belt caught hold and began turning. It then caught his glove and pulled his right thumb into the conveyor, partially amputating his thumb tip (no bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high