Incident date: 2025-08-01
NAICS industry code: 451120

An employee completed maintenance on a de-energized conveyor. When the conveyor was restarted, the employee went to remove an oil spill and his left hand was caught in the conveyor. He sustained multiple fractures to his left ring finger, a finger laceration, and required surgery for his left index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate