Incident date: 2017-11-18
NAICS industry code: 311411

An employee was repairing a drive chain on a tote fill conveyor when the conveyor started. His left middle and ring fingertips were then caught and amputated between the conveyor's chain and sprocket. The chain and sprocket were unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high