Incident date: 2024-12-10
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt. The employee's hand was caught in the gears of the belt's drive mechanism and the hand was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: high