Incident date: 2023-10-12
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee was cleaning his work area and noticed small pieces of cut-off lumber wedged at the end of the conveyor belt. He tried to dislodge the wood when it slipped and came loose, causing his right ring finger to get caught under the edge of the conveyor belt. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high