Incident date: 2024-09-25
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was washing down a conveyor belt in the live hang section using pressure-washing and foaming hoses. She opened the gear box to the conveyor and her right hand was caught by a chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation of her hand. The gear box was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: high