Incident date: 2016-10-19
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was raking parts off the top of a slow moving conveyor (4.5"/minute) when a loud noise startled him and his finger entered a gap between the conveyor and the exit chute. The chute then shifted and dropped pinching his finger and removing his nail and fingertip.

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