Incident date: 2023-06-05
NAICS industry code: 221118

An employee was working in the fabrication shop manually fitting a chain for the motor to the fish weir drum drive shaft. The employee pulled on the chain to check the operation when his left little finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. As the employee pulled his finger free, the left little fingertip was amputated.

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