Incident date: 2024-03-26
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee was changing the chain on a chain breaker machine when the glove on their right hand was caught in the wheel and their thumb was pulled into the machine. Their right thumb was amputated just below the nail bed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high