Incident date: 2025-01-21
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was using chains to secure a skid steer to a trailer. A chain snapped up and caught the employee's left index finger against a tie-down, causing an avulsion to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Chains
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high