Incident date: 2021-01-19
NAICS industry code: 321219

An employee was taking a panel from a conveyor when a chain popped off the track. A sprocket caught his hand and wedged it between the chain and UHMW (ultra high molecular weight polyethylene). The employee suffered two fingertip amputations on his right-hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Conveyors-chain
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high