Incident date: 2015-11-02
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was on top of a weaving machine to view a counter. The employee slipped and fell. As the employee fell, the employee's right hand contacted an unguarded chain and sprocket.  The employee's right pinky finger was severely lacerated and amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high