Incident date: 2018-06-18
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was removing debris from a conveyor belt when his right middle fingertip was caught between the conveyor and a moving slat, resulting in a fingertip amputation and tissue loss. The conveyor was unguarded and active at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high