Incident date: 2016-03-12
NAICS industry code: 445291

An employee was attempting to align the conveyor belt when his right thumb was caught between the rollers, amputating the thumb below the fingernail. The belt was in motion at the time of the incident.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high