Incident date: 2021-03-24
NAICS industry code: 326199

Two employees were removing a broken drive chain that weighted approximately 70 lbs. from a sprocket on a bottom plate motor. The injured employee's hand slipped from the oil on the chain and their right thumb was pinched between the chain and sprocket causing a partial thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high