Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was fixing a chain that was slipping on a unit when a finger on the right hand was caught between the chain and the gear when the machine was activated resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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