Incident date: 2017-09-21
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was hooking a metal chain to a loader bucket when the loader operator began to lift the load. The employee's right thumb tip was then amputated by the chain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high