Incident date: 2022-03-09
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was checking the chain alignment on an unwinder assembly. The motor engaged and its chain and sprocket caught the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was medically amputated just below the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high