Incident date: 2023-11-21
NAICS industry code: 424910

An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor system when their right thumb got caught in a chain-driven motor assembly. The thumb was amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high