Incident date: 2016-10-21
NAICS industry code: 311991

On October 21, 2016, an employee was packing finished goods onto trays. The trays were on a flexible conveyor system. One of the trays turned sideways and as the employee attempted to straighten the tray out , her right ring fingertip was caught and amputated between two links of the conveyor.

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