Incident date: 2021-04-12
NAICS industry code: 331491

An employee was clearing a steel plate trapped under a palletized coil on a conveyor. The coil was reversed while the employee's hand was on the steel plate. The employee's fingers were caught in the resulting pinch point, causing amputations to the index and middle fingertips.

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