Incident date: 2017-04-17
NAICS industry code: 321920

The employee was repairing pallets. After repairs are made, the pallet goes to a conveyor belt/line. The pallet got stuck. As the employee tried to un-jam it, his glove was caught on the chain and his left middle finger was amputated in the moving sprocket chain.

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