Incident date: 2018-03-31
NAICS industry code: 488490

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on conveyor belts and checking a malfunctioning belt when his finger was caught between the belt and the conveyor frame, amputating his fingertip. The conveyor was running at the time.

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