Incident date: 2018-06-20
NAICS industry code: 541712

An employee was trying to manually move a conveyor belt that was clogged. When he unclogged it, the belt moved quickly and his left index finger was then pinched between the belt and pulley, resulting in an amputation above the first knuckle. The equipment was turned off at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high