Incident date: 2016-06-13
NAICS industry code: 311811

An employee was checking the drive bracket on a conveyor when the conveyor activated. His left thumb tip was caught and amputated in the conveyor chain. The conveyor was unguarded and not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Conveyors-chain
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high