Incident date: 2015-06-23
NAICS industry code: 311212

An employee was manually turning the gate wheel of a 'Work In Progress' (WIP) storage bin in order to close the gate. He placed his left hand in between a sprocket and the gate wheel and amputated his fourth left finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high