Incident date: 2020-04-22
NAICS industry code: 311613

An employee was troubleshooting a de-energized screw conveyor. While he was manually moving the belt drive, the jammed object came free and the conveyor belt moved and pulled his hand in between the belt and pulley. He suffered a left ring fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high