Incident date: 2023-12-13
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was observing the maintenance team clear a pallet that was jammed in the pallet indexer of a brick machine. After the jam was cleared, the equipment activated and the employee's right middle finger got caught between a chain and sprocket and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high