Incident date: 2015-03-14
NAICS industry code: 423910

An employee was conducting maintenance repair on a conveyor system that transports product throughout the distribution facility. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated when he attempted to remove a chain from a motor sprocket that drove the conveyor system.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-chain
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high