Incident date: 2018-12-08
NAICS industry code: 327111

Two employees used lock out/tag out (LOTO) procedures to change carrier chains. The chains became stuck. When one employee tried to release the chains, stored pneumatic energy was released catching the employee's right ring finger and crushing it to the first knuckle resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high