Incident date: 2023-07-20
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was troubleshooting a palletizer. After completing maintenance, the employee was re-aligning the chain drive with another employee. The employees were jumping the chain and using a prybar to align it on the sprocket. The pry bar slipped and the injured employee's left middle finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high