Incident date: 2017-04-20
NAICS industry code: 493110

On April 20, 2017, an employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt when his right thumb was caught and amputated in the belt's chain and sprocket drive.

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