Incident date: 2018-04-06
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was trying to manually rotate a shackle that was turned in the wrong direction when his right hand was caught in the in-line shackle turner to his right, crushing his right index finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate