Incident date: 2018-01-17
NAICS industry code: 311812

On 1/17/18, an employee was attempting to fix a jammed sprocket on a cooling conveyor using a metal pry bar. The pry bar became stuck in the chain/sprocket and the employee's left pinky finger was then caught in a pinch point between the pry bar and the conveyor resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high