Incident date: 2018-06-13
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of lathe from a jack ladder chain. When she pulled the lathe loose, the jack ladder chain started up and pinched the tip of her right middle finger between the chain lug and the metal plating. Her right middle finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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