Incident date: 2020-04-15
NAICS industry code: 111211

An employee was fixing a chain on a piler when the piler was turned on. The employee's left index finger become caught and pinched between the chain and wheel sprocket, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Harvesting and threshing machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate