Incident date: 2024-02-12
NAICS industry code: 332811

An employee was loading wheeled metal trays onto a conveyor belt. They attempted to prevent two metal trays from colliding when their fingers got pinched between the trays, resulting in a partial amputation of their little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high