Incident date: 2015-08-09
NAICS industry code: 335912

An employee's finger was amputated while changing a coupling on a drive shaft. The finger was pinched between an indexer sprocket and the cell chain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Drives-chain, leather, fabric, vee belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high