Incident date: 2022-05-12
NAICS industry code: 481111

An employee was removing a child's car seat strap which had become lodged in a conveyor belt when their right hand became caught in the conveyor. The ring finger was amputated to the knuckle and the middle finger was lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high