Incident date: 2017-11-14
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was counting 2-inch by 4-inch boards of lumber on a table when he lost his balance and grabbed a drive chain to catch himself. The chain caught his glove, causing his left hand to be caught between the drive chain and sprocket. His left-hand fingers suffered avulsions and fractures, requiring hospitalization. The chain was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate