Incident date: 2021-07-21
NAICS industry code: 327213

An employee was assisting with staging a conveyor to install a new conveyor belt. As the new conveyor belt roll was being lowered to a stand, the employee was removing the roll straps. The straps amputated the employee's left index and middle fingers to the first digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Strapping
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high