Incident date: 2018-03-20
NAICS industry code: 321912

On March 20, 2018, at 6:10 PM, an employee was helping to tighten a tension pulley on a ripsaw when his right hand was caught between the chain and sprocket. He experienced pain, swelling, and bleeding and was hospitalized with contusions and a broken bone that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate