Incident date: 2017-05-10
NAICS industry code: 335911

An employee was attempting to remove dried lead paste from a paddle at the outlet of a hopper when his glove became caught on a sprocket or drive chain on the hopper. His right middle finger was pulled approximately 1/2 inch into the chain, amputating it at the first knuckle. The chain was unguarded at the time.

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