Incident date: 2023-11-10
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was working to clear a piece of wood that was wedged between the rollers of a roller sorter. A motion sensor was activated, causing the machine to operate. The employee's left hand was caught in a chain resulting in an amputation to their left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high