Incident date: 2018-09-19
NAICS industry code: 337215

An employee was operating a production line that packs batteries into blister packs when the conveyor belt became jammed. The employee suffered a left index finger amputation while attempting to clear the jam.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high