Incident date: 2016-06-07
NAICS industry code: 561210

An employee was conducting preventive maintenance on a conveyor motor when his left hand was caught between the gear box and gear box housing, amputating his left pinky fingertip and lacerating his left index finger. He was hospitalized. The motor was still running 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