Incident date: 2016-08-19
NAICS industry code: 321912

On August 19, 2016, an employee was repairing a chain when the actuator pin on the chain caught his finger and pulled his hand into the sprocket. His right-hand middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.

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