Incident date: 2018-08-02
NAICS industry code: 333112

An employee was trying to replace a conveyor line roller that had popped out. As he was trying to replace the roller, with the line momentarily shut down, his finger was caught between the roller and the belt. He suffered a partial amputation of the right ring finger, about halfway down the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-live roller
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high