Incident date: 2016-10-25
NAICS industry code: 326140

An employee removed a guard from a conveyor belt motor to check the chain and sprockets for tension. The employee reached toward the running chain and sprocket and his left thumb was caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in an amputation of 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of the thumb. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.

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