Incident date: 2022-02-12
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was helping with maintenance on a waste conveyor belt in a sawmill. The conveyor started unexpectedly; the employee lost their footing and their hand contacted a pulley, which caused the amputation of the employee's left ring fingertip. The pulley was unguarded at the time.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high