Incident date: 2016-07-21
NAICS industry code: 713940

An employee was cleaning and adjusting the chain on the stationary fixed gear bike (35 pound flywheel) when the towel in his right hand got caught in the chain pulling his right hand in between the cog and chain and amputating the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Gymnasium and exercise equipment
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high