Incident date: 2024-03-11
NAICS industry code: 541614

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a down-chute conveyor line when the non-motorized pivot gate was released. The gate caught the employee's right index finger, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Chutes
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high