Incident date: 2017-12-23
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was manually unloading a wooden crate to reload a conveyor belt when the contents in the crate shifted toward the belt. The employee's right ring finger was then pinched between the crate and edge of the conveyor belt, resulting in a medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high