Incident date: 2024-06-02
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a box machine and lubing the chain with a can of spray lube when their left index finger contacted the chain. The drive sprocket of the machine amputated the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high