Incident date: 2017-04-25
NAICS industry code: 325520

An employee was wiping a bearing on the 50-gallon reactor with a rag when the rag was caught by the rack and pinion pulling the employee's left hand into the moving gears. The employee's left thumb tip was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high