Incident date: 2017-07-28
NAICS industry code: 311612

At the packaging area in the facility, there was a piece of plastic hanging up to block cold air from a shrink tunnel cooler from blowing towards an employee's work station. The employee was placing a sticker to hold the plastic in place when her finger contacted the return side of the conveyor belt and was pinched between the belt and a metal support leg. The employee sustained an amputation to her left second digit below the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high