Incident date: 2025-04-29
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was removing drum lids/covers from a conveyor in the cover processing area. The employee's left thumb was caught by the conveyor chain that is used to transfer lids to a workstation. The employee sustained a partial amputation of tissue from the distal phalanx and was hospitalized..

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high