Incident date: 2019-04-24
NAICS industry code: 313110

An employee was making a repair to the transport system as one belt was tracking off. He was adjusting the belts when his left hand made contact with the moving chain and sprockets, amputating his left middle fingertip. The chain and sprockets were unguarded at the time of the incident.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high