Incident date: 2016-09-24
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was attempting to straighten up a board on the conveyor. As he was attempting to pull the board, his left-hand index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket. He was hospitalized overnight, and his fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-chain
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high