Incident date: 2019-06-21
NAICS industry code: 311612

On June 21, 2019, an employee was visually inspecting product packaging seals on a conveyor. He went to grab a suspect package with both hands when his right pinky finger became stuck in the conveyor belt webbing, resulting in an amputation of tissue from the distal phalanx (nailbed to tip).

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