Incident date: 2024-12-19
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was clearing a jam of aluminum castings on the shaker conveyor belt. When they removed the casting causing the jam, the shaker hammer engaged and caught their right little finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger between the first and second knuckles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high