Incident date: 2016-01-29
NAICS industry code: 326122

An employee was troubleshooting a piece of machinery that was not working properly. When the employee tried to check the tension in the chain with his left index finger, the chain pulled his finger into the chain and sprocket, amputating his left index fingertip. The machine was unguarded and running at the time of the incident.

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