Incident date: 2018-06-15
NAICS industry code: 311111

An employee was taking a pallet off a loading station in a distribution center when the chain that creates movement on the line popped into motion and amputated his left index finger at the first knuckle behind the nail. Lockout/tagout procedures were not performed at the time of the incident.

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