Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor that involved lubricating the chain and inspecting the motor and sprocket. The employee was in a squatting position with their left arm on the conveyor railing when a photoelectronic sensor reflector activated. The conveyor motor engaged and the employee's right hand was caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation of the employee's right index fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high