Incident date: 2022-01-07
NAICS industry code: 424920

An employee was performing maintenance on a spiral conveyor. As the employee cleaned excess lubricant away with a rag, the chain on the conveyor caught the rag and pulled in the employee's right hand. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger.

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