Incident date: 2018-03-27
NAICS industry code: 323117

A employee was troubleshooting a mechanical problem on a stacker. His hand was in the chain/sprocket area when another employee on a different part of the equipment started the stacker. The distal portion of his index finger was then amputated. The stacker was unguarded and not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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