Incident date: 2015-09-23
NAICS industry code: 336390

The employee was loading parts onto a rotating conveyor system when the machine malfunctioned and the parts got wedged in the machine. When the employee reached into the running machine to remove the parts, his finger was pinched resulting in the amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high