Incident date: 2015-03-20
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was opening an electric gate. He rested his hand on the top of the gate while taking the slack out of a chain on the gate with his foot. His hand was on a roller on the gate, and his finger got caught between the roller and the top rail on the gate. His left pinky finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Fences, fence panels, gates, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high