Incident date: 2020-03-15
NAICS industry code: 221118

An employee was lowering an object into a pulverizer when his fingers were caught in a come-a-long chain. His left index finger was amputated at the hospital and the left middle finger was pinned and sutured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high