Incident date: 2018-08-15
NAICS industry code: 311411

A temporary employee was removing a jammed corn cob from a conveyor system when his left ring finger was caught in the conveyor's drive side sprocket, amputating his finger in the nail area.

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