Incident date: 2022-10-06
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was loading a railroad tie onto the lug chain of a trimmer. A board became stuck under the tie. The employee tried to roll the board loose; his finger rolled with it and was pinched between the tie and the lug chain. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high