Incident date: 2017-05-03
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was trying to unhook a chain from a furnace lid that was stuck when the furnace operator pushed the lift button to the furnace lid and the chain caught the employee's left middle finger, amputating it.

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