Incident date: 2020-12-09
NAICS industry code: 313230

An employee was working at a bale breaker when one of two chains on the right side of the machine popped up. He was trying to put it back on when his left hand was caught and injured between a chain and a sprocket. The machine was not guarded and was running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate