Incident date: 2024-03-07
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was having a conversation when their finger was caught inside the center opening of the knuckle conveyor belt resulting in an amputation to the left index fingertip with no bone loss that required reattachment surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high