Incident date: 2023-02-22
NAICS industry code: 336111

An employee was coming back from lunch when he noticed a machine alarm on the low pressure cooling conveyor. Two pallets became jammed on the lifter and as the employee went to clear the jam, his right middle finger became pinched between the guarding on the conveyor/lifter and the tool. The employee sustained a right middle finger amputation down to the first knuckle.

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