Incident date: 2020-12-31
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was packing hind feet in boxes when their artificial finger nail was caught in a segmented transfer conveyor. The employee sustained an avulsion and required surgical amputation of the left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high