Incident date: 2024-11-12
NAICS industry code: 311919

On November 12, 2024, at approximately 10:45 a.m., an employee was inspecting rice cakes for quality before entering the oven when their left index finger was caught in the conveyor. The employee sustained a left index finger nailbed laceration and two distal fractures that required amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high