Incident date: 2015-04-14
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on the conveyor leading to the robot packer.  He removed the chain drive guard to lubricate the chain; the chain was running at the time.  While trying to replace the guard after finishing, he dropped a bolt near the sprocket. When he went to retrieve the bolt, the chain and sprocket caught the end of his right index finger, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-chain
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high