Incident date: 2025-01-11
NAICS industry code: 423930

A machine operator was troubleshooting a conveyor after a part jammed at a knife gate. While his gloved left hand was on the conveyor, the machine cycled, and his thumb was caught and lacerated between the roller and the conveyor belt.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate