Incident date: 2023-11-24
NAICS industry code: 811192

An employee was walking the tunnel of the car wash and conducting an inspection. He went to tighten a bolt on the car line (the unit that drives cars through the tunnel) and his left hand got caught in the chain, amputating the little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Car or vehicle washing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high