Incident date: 2024-03-18
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was training another employee to operate a machine. The operator's hand was caught in the conveyor system while reaching for a piece of piping resulting in amputation of their left ring finger at the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high