Incident date: 2022-02-11
NAICS industry code: 336510

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a machine. A chain drive appeared to be stuck. When the chain freed itself, the employee's right ring and middle fingers got caught in the chain. The middle finger was crushed/fractured and the ring finger was amputated at the second knuckle.

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