Incident date: 2024-05-10
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was trying to clear a jam of wood debris (cut-offs) at a transition between a flat belt and a shaker-conveyor. When the employee grabbed a cut-off, it caught the belt and wedged the employee's left index finger between the belt and the shaker-conveyor surface. The finger was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high