Incident date: 2016-04-21
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee took the cover off a chain and tried to grease a bearing. The PTO was engaged and the chain was moving at the time. When the employee put one pump in, the chain caught his glove, sending his fingers in through the sprocket and chain. His left thumb was partially amputated, and his index, middle, and ring fingers were lacerated and crushed.

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