Incident date: 2019-10-18
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was adjusting a chain on a sprocket. His right index finger was pinched between the chain and the sprocket. The fingertip was partially amputated, with a partial loss of the nail. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high