Incident date: 2015-09-22
NAICS industry code: 339920

An employee removed the guard on a conveyor to perform maintenance. His hand was caught in the chain and sprocket and the left ring fingertip was amputated.

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