Incident date: 2018-11-12
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was installing a shear pin in a cog and drive chain system when the employee's left index finger was caught in a pinch point between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high