Incident date: 2019-05-24
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was working on a conveyor system trying to replace a chain that got out of the sprocket. The employee's middle finger was caught on the sprocket and amputated.

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