Incident date: 2024-08-08
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was inspecting an automated paint line when he noticed a loose/defective guide rail on a chain. A chain and sprocket drive caught his left little finger, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high