Incident date: 2023-08-11
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was making a repair on the chain/sprocket of the high-speed door of a freezer when the door was activated from inside the freezer. As the door raised, the drive chain assembly caught the employee's middle, ring, and little fingers on his right hand between the chain and sprocket resulting in fingertip amputations. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Entrances and exits, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high