Incident date: 2018-03-27
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was checking for a bind in the chain of the "tipper" when the machine actuated and caught the employee's right index finger between the chain and sprocket resulting in an amputation injury.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high