Incident date: 2020-09-11
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a conveyor using a rag. The rag got caught on a live chain drive and pulled the employee's right index finger into the chain drive resulting in a partial amputation.

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