Incident date: 2021-03-28
NAICS industry code: 312112

An employee was ripping off excess plastic from a pallet on a conveyor when their left hand was crushed between a pallet and a metal stop on a roller conveyor. The employee sustained a middle finger amputation to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-live roller
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high