Incident date: 2021-09-24
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was stacking 1-by-3, 12-foot-long boards from the conveyor outfeed. His right middle finger was pinched between the guard and the links covering the chain as he was picking up the board from the chain conveyor resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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