Incident date: 2018-09-05
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed pallet from a conveyor. The employee's left glove was caught by a moving mechanical part and pulled into an ingoing nip point created by a chain and another mechanical part. The ring finger was amputated below the first joint.

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