Incident date: 2023-08-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was tracking a newly installed conveyor belt and observed loose fibers accumulating on the roller track. He went to clear the fibers away and his right index finger was caught in a nip point between the tail pulley and conveyor belt causing a partial fingertip amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high