Incident date: 2021-05-18
NAICS industry code: 322291

An employee was replacing plates between conveyors when their left thumb was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high