Incident date: 2023-11-18
NAICS industry code: 311514

An employee was attempting to repair a sprocket collar on a gallon filler. The gallon filler was bumped forward for alignment when the sprocket pinched the employee's right index fingertip, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high