Incident date: 2021-07-26
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was working drilling holes to mount a controller box to a running conveyor belt. The employee was checking for metal edges or burr when his left middle finger got caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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