Incident date: 2020-04-30
NAICS industry code: 424480

At about 9:30 p.m. on April 30, 2020, an employee was cleaning a conveyor belt on a tomato slicing machine. His left glove got caught in the conveyor gear on the left side of the belt, resulting in the amputation of his left middle fingertip. The belt was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high