Incident date: 2025-08-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a rag to grease the chain on a salt spreader when their right middle finger was caught by the chain, resulting in a partial amputation and a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Spreaders, sprayers, application equipment
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high