Incident date: 2023-04-23
NAICS industry code: 311615

At 11:03 a.m. on April 23, 2023, an employee was checking the tension on a machine when their right index finger was caught in its chain and sprocket. The finger was medically amputated at the middle knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high