Incident date: 2025-01-17
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was fixing the sprocket on an infeed rolling bed chain for a CNC machine. He placed a cotter pin on the chain when the machine was activated and his right hand was caught in the infeed bed, resulting in the amputation of three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high